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 Fear No Evil--May 22, 2021

 

Holy One,

through your Spirit 

Christ offered himself to you.

 

The Spirit lifts us up

and brings your kingdom to us. 

 

We fear no evil,

for you, Christ, and the Spirit

are with us and comfort us.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114

Ezek. 43:1-12

Heb. 9:1-14

Luke 11:14-23

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 23:4

 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
          I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
          your rod and your staff —
          they comfort me.

 

Ezek. 43:5

…[the spirit of the LORD] lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

 

Heb. 9:14

…how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

 

Luke 11:20

“…But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.  …”  [Jesus, to his critics]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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