By a Road We Do Not Know--Jan. 18, 2013

Jesus, you came to call not the righteous, but sinners.

You came to lead us who are blind, to guide us

by a road we do not know, turning the

darkness before us into light,

and leveling the path.

Lord Jesus, do not forsake us.

You desire truth in our inward being;

therefore teach us wisdom in our secret heart.

Through faith in you we are bold in our access to God.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65

Isa. 42:1-17

Eph. 3:1-13

Mark 2:13-22

Selected Verses

Ps. 51:6

You desire truth in the inward being;
          therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

Isa. 42:16

I will lead the blind
          by a road they do not know,
by paths they have not known
          I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
          the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
          and I will not forsake them.

Eph. 3:11-12

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him.

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.”