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.

We Are Yours, O God--Dec. 13, 2020


The earth is yours, O God, all that is in it,

the world, and all of us who live in it.

 

Grant that in our gratitude, the worship

we offer you may be acceptable, 

full of reverence and awe.

 

Put an end to prideful arrogance,

and lay low our insolence.

 

As our love for you increases, 

may arrogance decline.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 24; 150; 25; 110

Isa. 13:1-13

Heb. 12:18-29

John 3:22-30

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 24:1

The earth is the LORD's and all that is in it,

          the world, and those who live in it…

 

Isa. 13:11b

…I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant,
     and lay low the insolence of tyrants.

 

Heb. 12:28

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe…

 

John 3:30

“…[The bridegroom] must increase, but I must decrease.”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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