You Have Sown so We Could Reap--Jan. 20, 2019

Lord Jesus, you have sown so we could reap.

You have done a new thing: you have

sent us to reap that for which

we did not labor.

In the wilderness you heard our distress;

you have freed us from our burden--

we called and you rescued us.

We have taken refuge with you, Lord;

encourage us to seize the hope

you have set before us.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 19; 150; 81; 113

Isa. 43:14-44:5

Heb. 6:17-7:10

John 4:27-42

Selected Verses

Ps. 81:5b-7a

I hear a voice I had not known:
"I relieved your shoulder of the burden;
          your hands were freed from the basket.
In distress you called, and I rescued you…"

Isa. 43:19

I am about to do a new thing;
          now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
          and rivers in the desert. 

Heb. 6:18

…so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

John 4:37

"…For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.'  I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor.  Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."