Tag: lord of the harvest

I Chronicles 28: 2-3 ” David rose to his feet and said: ‘Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it. But God said to me, You are not to build a house for My name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’ “

It was back in II Samuel 7 that David first considered all he had and how the Ark of the Covenant was still residing in a tent.  But from the start, the Lord told him it would not be him to do the actual construction of the Temple.  (II Samuel 7:12-13)  What God did permit David to do was preparation, planning, and stockpiling of materials.  Now David could of been offended by this…but he wasn’t.   He understood that he was a warrior with blood on his hands and that Jerusalem wasn’t yet secure enough to begin construction.  What it all boiled down to was appropriateness and proper timing.   All during our Christian life there will be times when we’ll plow the hard ground…someplace else we may plant seed…and another time will find us watering the seedbed.  All these things are  vitally important for a harvest…but it is only God that brings it about, for only He can make it grow at the perfect time. (I Corinthians 3: 6-9)  We all want to see immediate results in people’s lives, but we also need to be content in whatever the Lord gives us to do…for at the proper time He will make it happen.

Revelation 15: 14 ” I looked, an there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one ‘like a son of man’ with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.”

There is coming a great and mighty day when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to judge the Nations.  He will swing His sickle, for the harvest is ripe.  The Son of Man will return on the clouds…the reaper prepared for the harvest…the sickle in His hand.

Matthew 9:38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.”

Send us O Lord.   We are a complacent  people, giving in to our comfort and self.  We are filled with excuses and justification of why we can’t  obey Your Word when You say “Go!”    Show us Lord the way…direct our paths for Your glory…drive us out of the four walls of the Church into Your Church – the world.   Give us Your passion for the lost…Your fire for the perishing.      Send us O Lord.