The farmer patiently waits. And when the time is right, when he sees the crop is ready, he fires up the combine and begins to harvest.
It is an awesome thing to see faith in bud. It is equally amazing to see the maturation. And it is wonderful to see the harvest. At the harvest, the seed has produced fruit which has in turn produced more seed. It is ready to be harvested and used to start new crops.
We sometimes have the privilege of seeing new believers testify of their faith and take ownership of their faith. That’s part of the harvest. Recently, we saw a group of former Hindus go through this process. The seed was planted by a friend. This friend invited them to come to a Bible study. They came. They were hungry to know about Jesus. Week by week the seed was sown. And each week there were more signs of true faith. Eventually more than ten of them said they wanted to follow Jesus only. And six of them were baptized and given new Christian names, saying, “We want to follow Jesus and be known by new names that show we are Christ followers.”
Prayer prompts and discussion starters:
- Ask God to bring about a harvest.
- Ask Him to use you in the harvest – to see people come to saving faith in Jesus.
- Pray for unreached people groups.
- Pray for missionaries to these unreached people groups.
- What are some big Kingdom prayers you can pray as a result?
- Record your insights as comments below:
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