Jesus was telling the Disciples that the harvest of souls for the Kingdom was in front of them…but that all the really hard prep work had already been done… by others. Never become discouraged or dismayed when you feel like you’re not making a difference…don’t allow it to stop you from continuing to sow and pour into others lives, for you may never see the outcome in this lifetime…but you will someday!
Author: kezha1
A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ.
Psalm 119: 130 ” The unfolding of Your Word gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
The Lord is faithful…each time you read the Bible, He will open up new concepts, ideas, and insight that you hadn’t read before. It’s almost like a beautiful rosebud unfurling in front of you…petal by petal, as He reveals His amazing truths and makes the Word come alive.
Proverbs 27: 17 ” As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
Who has shaped your life? Who has poured wisdom and Godly counsel into you, to make you who you are today? So many times we fail to thank those mentors…those wise and sage people who saw the potential in us, when we couldn’t see anything of worth. Some, we may not be able to thank until we see them in Heaven, but for the others…Thank you for changing me for the better…Thank you for believing in my good when I couldn’t see it in myself…Thank you for being Jesus to me. You are truly blessed of God.
Galatians 3: 26-28 ” You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
“…for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” No one may boast that they are somehow better, closer, or higher to Jesus…for if the Holy Spirit resides inside us, we are all one in Him. God doesn’t show favoritism, He is fair and just to all…and we can do nothing less.
Numbers 21: 8-9 ” The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.’ Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake, he lived.”
God had sent a plague of snakes to the rebellious Israelites in the wilderness, with many dying of poisonous bites. When Moses cried out to the Lord on their behalf, God instructed him to make the Nehushtan. Sadly, in II Kings 18:4, King Hezekiah broke the bronze snake into pieces because the people were treating it as an idol and burning incense to it. They were exalting the object rather than worshipping the God who healed them.
Ephesians 4: 26-27 ” Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.”
The longer we’re irritated with someone, the angrier and more exasperated we become. Much like a minor skin irritation gets worse the more we scratch and dig at it…a minor annoyance if allowed to fester and grow, will morph from irritation, to anger, to bitterness.
Genesis 1:1 ” In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
At the dawn of time, God brought about everything…from nothing. He is the Maker of everything you see, hear, touch, and smell. He was before time, and He will remain as such forever into eternity.
Revelation 19: 1-2 “After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: ‘Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for true and just are His judgements.’ ”
Imagine the loudest sporting event you’ve ever been to…the crowd is whipped up to a frenzy as the team is about to score the winning point…it’s absolutely deafening as the crowd hollers. That noise level is tame compared to the great sound that comes from around the Throne by the multitudes upon multitudes of saints shouting “Praise the Lord!” They are filling the entire heavens with His glory by their shouts of Hallelujah! And someday we’ll be joining them in that magnificent chorus…rooting on “The Winning Team!”
Amos 4:9 “…they will make gardens and eat their fruit.”
The last few days I have spent cleaning up the garden. After several mornings of below freezing temperatures, the poor thing looked rather tired. I always feel sad as I rake up old and dead plants, remembering how bountiful they once were…but it’s also a time of reflection. I ponder the different varieties I planted in the Spring…which ones did well, which didn’t…and which ones I’ll plant again next Spring. But as I sit here in the kitchen reflecting, with a big pot of vegetable soup simmering on the stove, I thank the Lord for the bountiful harvest He has given me…for all the lovely vegetables we’ve enjoyed eating over the Summer, and all the ones packed in the freezer for this Winter. I may plant the seed in the Spring…but it’s the Lord Who makes it sprout, grow, and provide a great harvest.
Proverbs 29:7 “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.”
We don’t have to be a wealthy philanthropist and humanitarian to accomplish God’s work down here on earth. It can be simply seeing a need and filling it…the poor and down-trodden are everywhere…the destitute and needy are among us all. The Lord plainly wants us to be their voice against injustice, and to “speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” (Proverbs 31:8-9)
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