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.

To Inherit the Promise--Jan. 29, 2021


Lord Jesus, you knew what it was to be alone on the land.

You did not hide your face from insult and spitting.

You could not escape, and your eye grew dim from sorrow.

Yet through faith in you, we inherit God’s promise.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 88; 148; 6; 20

Isa. 50:1-11

Gal. 3:15-22

Mark 6:47-56

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 88:8b-9a

I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
         my eye grows dim through sorrow.

 

Isa. 50:6

I gave my back to those who struck me,
          and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
          from insult and spitting.

 

Gal. 3:18

For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise; but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.

 

Mark 6:47

When evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and [Jesus] was alone on the land.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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