I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

He Comes to Save Us--Dec. 23, 2020


 We ponder your words, O God, 

and offer our thanksgiving.

Show us your salvation.

 

Jesus is coming soon,

coming as judge and king—

come, Lord Jesus, and save us.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 50; 147:1-11; 53; 17

Isa. 33:17-22

Rev. 22:6-11, 18-20

Luke 1:57-66

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 50:23

“…Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me;

          to those who go the right way

          I will show the salvation of God.”

 

Isa. 33:22

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler,
     the LORD is our king; he will save us.

 

Rev. 22:20

The one who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.”  Amen.  Come, Lord Jesus!”

 

Luke 1:66

All who heard [the words about John’s birth] pondered them and said, “What then will this child become?”  For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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