Sow... Water... Harvest...

Sow.... water... harvest.... You are called at different times to do one or more of the above... depending on what God is calling you to do. Do not be impatient if you are called to be a sower or a waterer more than a harvester for example as you are just as important in the changing of peoples hearts. A seed will not grow without the correct nurturing and same with people.. they wont come to the Lord unless we are there ... investing time and love into their walk to help them see the Truth and to support them through any troubles they may have in life (spiritual/physical/mental).. The growing process of the seed of Jesus in peoples hearts can differ greatly... from instant (very rare).. to 40-50 year etc.... it all depends on the amount of thorns/dry ground on that persons heart and how badly satan has tied it up in worldly things... For example my sowing, watering and harvest took 35 approx years... alot of people invested in this and took alot of abuse when I was alot younger.. those people who knocked on my door to friends who dare talk about Jesus to me. We want to see a harvest as much as possible but what we also need to be aware of is that the harvest that we are sowing or watering for may mean that that person is meant to be in another church and their calling in life is to impact the people around them there and not in the church we sit in... this is a hard thing to really get used to in a worldly church and mindset.. We need to realise what we are here for.. to build Gods Kingdom.. not our “church” or “bums on pews”!! Every saved person means there is a party in heaven as Scripture tells us.. so be a part of that party.. do your calling... So lets look at this in a worldly view.. why should a “church” spend so much money on outreach/mission etc when they are not seeing the bums on seats? Easy answer... God blesses us with the tools to build His Kingdom.. and if we use them correctly and to the full then He will bless us with more.. (this is not a prosperity thing).. its a showing that we are good trustees of Gods blessings and follow the teachings of Jesus that we are to give and give and give and not store things up... It can get the people of that church down if they appear to be slogging themselves to change hearts and not seeing a harvest.. but WE will see the bigger picture when we are called home OR when God sees that a harvest is ready in our area... We do not know if the new person who has just walked through our church door last week, for example, was as a result of years of sowing and watering by many other people in another church.. but we ALL need to keep one thing in mind... WE ARE WORKING FOR GOD AND BUILDING HIS KINGDOM....