You Provide the Lamb, O God--March 29, 2013

 We have the wood and fire;

yours it is to provide the Lamb

to redeem us from our futile ways.

All our silver and gold is perishable;

they will not avail against our iniquities.

Although by his grace we hope to follow him,

even give our lives, it took Jesus to lead the way.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130

Gen. 22:1-14

1 Peter 1:10-20

John 13:36-38

John 19:38-42

Selected Verses

Ps. 130:8

It is [the LORD] who will redeem Israel
          from all its iniquities.

Gen. 22:7-8a

Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!”  And he said, “Here I am, my son.”  He said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”  Abraham said, “God himself will provide…"

1 Peter 1:18-19

You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

John 13:36

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?”  Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterward.”