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.

Standing within Your Gates--Sept. 25, 2021

[From Sept.30 , 2017 archive]

 

You told us that our hearts will be 

where we keep our treasure, Lord Jesus. 

You called us to be your covenant people, 

all standing together within the gates 

of the New Jerusalem; remind

us, it is there with you

that our hearts and

our treasure

belong.

 

And to be 

your people in

 the New Jerusalem 

means to be your servant 

people in the world where we 

were when we were called.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63

2 Kings 11:1-20a

1 Cor. 7:10-24

Matt. 6:19-24

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 122:2

Our feet are standing 
          within your gates, O Jerusalem.

 

2 Kings 11:17

Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the Lord’s people; also between the king and the people. 

 

1 Cor. 7:24

In whatever condition you were called, brothers and sisters, there remain with God.

 

Matt. 6:20-21

“…but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  …”  [Jesus, to the crowds on the mountain]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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