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.

The Whole Armor of God--Jan. 23, 2021

O Most High, when we are afraid, 

we put our trust in you. 

Sometimes we step out,

and immediately evil confronts us.

 

Clad us with your armor of faith 

to stand firm against evil.

You made us; bear us up,

and even in our old age, save us.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111

Isa. 46:1-13

Eph. 6:10-24

Mark 5:1-20

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 56:2b-3

 O Most High, when I am afraid,
          I put my trust in you.

 

Isa. 46:4

…even to your old age I am he,
          even when you turn gray I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
          I will carry and will save.

 

Eph. 6:13

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 

 

Mark 5:2

And when [Jesus] had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man out of the tombs with an unclean spirit met him.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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