Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
15 October, 1997 - Singapore
Good Morning!
WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN WINNING THE LOST TO CHRIST?
Mark 4:26 - 29 gives us four helpful insights:
I WE ARE TO FAITHFULLY SOW THE
SEED ON ALL KINDS OF SOIL:
In the parable of the sower (Mark 4:1-8,
14-20), Christ told of the person who threw the seed (the Gospel)
on various types of soil (men's hearts): hard, shallow, weed-infested,
and "good."
The sower's job was not to inspect
the condition of the soil, but to faithfully "scatter
seed on the ground..." (Mark 4:26b)
II WE ARE TO STEP BACK AND ALLOW
THE GOSPEL TO DO ITS WORK:
The inner-working of the Gospel upon a person's
heart is mysterious, God-directed, and beyond our control or
efforts:
"Night and day, whether he sleeps
or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know
how. All by itself the soil produces grain..."
(Mark 4:27)
III WE ARE TO OBSERVE THE SOIL:
It important for us to understand that before
reaping the harvest, an orderly and timely growth process must
first transpire:
"...First the stalk, then the
head, then the full kernel in the head." (Mark 4:28)
IV WE ARE TO REAP THE HARVEST:
Because of our inclination toward procrastination,
we could easily miss the opportune time to reap the harvest:
"Do you not say, 'There are yet
four months and then comes the harvest'?...I tell you...the fields
are ripe for harvest. As soon as the grain is ripe, he
puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."
(John 4:35; Mark 4:29)
I am intrigued with the fact that when Christ
spoke of the partnership between sower and reaper He only offered
a reward to the reaper: "One sows and another reaps...The
reaper draws...wages..." (John 4:37, 36)
Perhaps He knew that reapers were in scarce
supply and needed the added incentive!
At any rate, let's get out there and
sow the seed, step back, observe, and...HARVEST!
My prayer is that you are having a great week!
Dwight Hill
- 1 Coleman Street #02-34
The Adelphi - Singapore 0617 .
- Phone: 337 6498; Fax: 336 9913
(c) Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
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