Lent

March 12, 2023

Scripture Reading: John 4:5-42

Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, ‘Rabbi, eat something.’ But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you do not know about.’ So the disciples said to one another, ‘Surely no one has brought him something to eat?’ Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, “Four months more, then comes the harvest”? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 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.’—John 4:31-38

We sometimes forget that when we accepted Christ as our Leader, we signed on as a laborer in his vineyard. We are called to do the work needed to bring to fruition the Kingdom of God, the Beloved Community, throughout our world. We are called to be moral people, but that just describes how we are to live and work, not rest on our laurels.

Prayer: Lord, help us to find our calling and groom our ability to fulfill it as we work toward the Beloved Community. Amen.

All scriptures are quoted from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, copyright 1989, 1995, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights are reserved.