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.

Sower and Reaper Together--Jan. 25, 2020



God, our Maker, we are glad in you;
we rejoice in you, God our King,
for you have given us Jesus.

In him we find new hope;
through him we approach you,
with all that we have—

sower and reaper together,
gathering fruit for you
and for eternal joy.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Gen. 12:9-13:1
Heb. 7:18-28
John 4:27-42

Selected Verses
Ps. 149:2
Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
          let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

Gen. 13:1
…So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.

Heb. 7:19b
…there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God.

John 4:36
“…The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.  …”  [Jesus, to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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