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.

Live in Us, Lead Us--Jan. 27, 2021

O God of our salvation,

have pity on us; lead us; 

by springs of water guide us. 

 

We pray for our earthly leaders,

that they may be led by you,

and not by selfish desire.

 

Yet no matter how they

may fail, live in us,

Lord Jesus Christ. 

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91

Isa. 49:1-12

Gal. 2:11-21

Mark 6:13-29

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 65:5

By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
          O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
          and of the farthest seas.

 

Isa. 49:10b

…for he who has pity on them will lead them,

            and by springs of water will guide them.

 

Gal. 2:20a

…and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. 

 

Mark 6:26-27a

The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse [his daughter].  Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s head.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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