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 Press On and Not Be Wearied--March 29, 2021

 

The world goes after you, Lord,

but after it shouts Hosanna

it turns to crucify you.

 

Accept our prayer,

and hear our supplication. 

 

Christ Jesus, make us your own; 

we strive ever to be with you;

help us press to that goal

and not be wearied.  

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6

Jer. 11:18-20, 12:1-17

Phil. 3:1-14

John 12:9-19

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 6: 9

The LORD has heard my supplication;
          the LORD accepts my prayer.

 

Jer. 12:5a

If you have raced with foot-runners and they have wearied you,
          how will you compete with horses?

 

Phil. 3:12

Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 

 

John 12:19

The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, you can do nothing.  Look, the world has gone after [Jesus]!”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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