Thursday, May 25, 2017

Sowers, Waterers, and Harvesters


Every worker of the field is important for a bountiful harvest. Make sure you do your part.
May’s Awakening, Day 25

We must not hope to be mowers,

And to gather the ripe old ears,

Unless we have first been sowers

And watered the furrows with tears.

It is not just as we take it,

This mystical world of ours,

Life’s field will yield as we make it

A harvest of thorns or of flowers.

 —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

 —Billy Graham



I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:6–9 NIV 



            The greatest service is the sacrificial giving of one’s self, just as Christ displayed on the Cross. In God’s kingdom, we are all workers, working together for the common good, but each doing our assigned services which vary from season to season and vary according to those we influence. Sometimes we plant the seeds of the message of salvation, sometimes we water what’s already been planted, sometimes we are weeders and pruners, and sometimes we reap the harvest of mature believers in joy. We cannot always be everything to everyone, so we must pay attention along the way to the service we are called to do and the field we are called to work in. To be successful, we must each do our part and each part is essential, and our reward is in His hand waiting. We are all a part of the great harvest of believers and we are all working for the good of each other—so do your part and do it well.

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