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 Walk in the Truth--Dec. 30, 2021

 

Lord Jesus, your word ran swiftly,

and many believed you—

you spoke truth.

 

Make us faithful to the truth, Jesus;

make us walk in the truth,

and so walk in joy

with you.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93; 147:12-20; 89:1-18; 89:19-52

1 Kings 17:17-24

3 John 1-15

John 4:46-54

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 147:15

[The LORD] sends out his command to the earth;
          his word runs swiftly.

 

1 Kings 17:24

So the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.”

 

3 John 3-4

I was overjoyed when some of the friends arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth, namely how you walk in the truth.  I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

 

John 4:50

Jesus said to [the royal official], “Go; your son will live.”  The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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