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Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go Josh 1:9 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, June 8, 2026
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Patience, Revisited Bible Verse: Galatians 6:7-9 "Thoever sows by the flesh will reap corruption. But whoever sows by the Spirit will harvest eternal life. So we should never lose our enthusiasm for doing good or put God to the back of our minds, because if we keep at it, we will reap our reward in good time." Message:
Sowing is followed by harvesting, but not immediately. There is a delay. The farmer plants his seed and then . . . he waits. For interminable weeks, the plowed ground just sits there, getting muddy in the rain and dusty in the dry sunshine. Yet underneath, slowly and unseen, a miracle is occurring.
Then one day, as if by magic, the soil is covered by little green specks. Yet the farmer has entered another waiting period. If one sits and looks at these tiny plants, it seems that nothing is happening. Our eyes tell us that reality is a field covered with tiny plants. Next week, our eye tells us that reality is a field covered with slightly larger plants; yet they are still nothing but plants.
Man in field giving thanks at dawn - pretty - left
Our mind, however, knows better. We have been taught, or we have learned from experience, that these green plants will eventually be covered with tomatoes, or stalks of wheat, or ears of corn — the fruit of the farmer. If he has sowed navy beans, he will harvest navy beans, in the fullness of time.
Very roughly speaking, 75% of the people in the first century A.D. were involved in the production of food, compared to less than 1% in the modern world. Many (or perhaps most) of us don’t even know a farmer, unless we happen to live in the country. Yet, the constant Biblical allusions to dirt farming still resonate with us. The cycle of nature is the rhythm of life.
God’s timing, however, is on a longer schedule. Growing tomatoes may involve memory of previous experience, for we can live through the cycle of seasons dozens of times. But we do not live through the cycle of salvation but once; in fact, there is no cycle. We must run on pure faith. God promises us in writing, time after time, that we are sowing spiritual seed and will harvest as we sow.
Except, of course, there is one exception. We have seen the perfect seed of the Holy Spirit produce fruit, and that fruit was perfect: Victory over death, proven to us by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We will have the same harvest, if we only sow by faith in God rather than by the immediate evidence of our fallible eye.
Paul really hearkens back to the previous chapter, here, for he has already told us that patience is a fruit of the spirit that we can harvest during our life. In a way of speaking, if we are born again and indwelled of the Holy Spirit, God is constantly giving us the seed to sow. As a farmer harvests seed corn, we harvest fruits of the spirit to sow again and again during our lives, that the final harvest may be perfect: Eternal life, lived in the joy of God’s presence.
Meditation : Prayer : Oh Heavenly Father, in whom I live and move and have my being, I humbly pray you so to guide and govern me by your Holy Spirit, that in all the joys, occupations, and cares of this day I may never forget you, but remember that I am ever walking in your sight. In Christ’s name, I pray, Amen. |
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