READY FOR THE HARVEST
John 4:35
Don't you have a saying, 'It's still four months until harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
I love fall. It's a time of harvest. A couple of weeks ago Linda and I went to a friend's garden and harvested several bushels of tomatoes and made tomato sauce, tomato soup, spaghetti sauce and salsa. It was very rewarding work.
Another thing that I generally love to harvest is grapes. The grapes are my favorite fall food to gather and this fall I missed the harvest all together. To miss the harvest is not a good thing. In the future, I'm considering planting my own grape vines in my yard so I never miss the harvest again.
There is another harvest coming that we don't want to miss. We can see by God's word that the return of Jesus is near. He will "harvest" His church and bring them to their eternal home in heaven. Are you ready for harvest?
We see our nation and our world falling day by day now and I've quoted before that if we trust God and believe in Jesus and what He did on our behalf we can know that "our world is not falling apart, but rather it is falling in place."
No one knows when Christ will come back for His church, but we are called on to be ready. It could be today, tomorrow or 10 years from now. Whenever it happens He will take home those that have trusted Him and those left behind will go through terrible times of tribulation, like this world has never seen.
Matthew 24:36 says...
"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only."
We are to be watching and ready.
We have a job to do before this takes place... We are to go out and point others towards Christ... it is His job to do the harvesting.
If you've never trusted Christ, do so now, for when He returns you will not want to be left behind. If you've already trusted Christ, are you sharing Him with others? Don't miss the chance to bring others with you when Cheist returns for us. Share His love and promises with all those who will listen.
Be ready.
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