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.

Give Me Counsel, O God--June 17, 2021

[From June 20, 2019 archive]

 

Give me counsel, O God;

in the night let my heart instruct me, 

according to what is in your heart and mind.

Let me never forget Christ crucified, 

how he refused to seek glory

or honor for himself.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62

Sam. 2:27-36

Acts 2:22-36

Luke 20:41-21:4

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 16:7

 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; 
          in the night also my heart instructs me. 

 

Sam. 2:35a

“’…I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind.  …’”  [A man of God relating God’s words to Eli]

 

Acts 2:36

“Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”  [Peter, preaching on Pentecost]

 

Luke 20:45-46

In the hearing of all the people [Jesus] said to the disciples, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.  …”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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