It takes great faith to step out into unfamiliar ground and to have a single seed that you have been called to plant. You do not know what the soil is like or how it will weather, but you do know that He has called you to that specific place...so you walk in obedience. If you give a child a cup filled with dirt, a seed, and some water, and you tell them to place that seed inside the dirt and make sure to water it everyday - that child doesn't question that the cup is too small, or if the dirt is good enough. That child will do as you instructed them because they believe when you said if they follow your instructions it will grow. Not only does it take faith and obedience to see fruit, but patience as well. "Therefore be patient,...see how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You too be patient and stand firm!" James 5:7-8 No matter if you seem to like it or not where you are RIGHT NOW is where God has called you and we need to be found faithful in wherever He has placed us. Fruit doesn't come immediately look at Jeremiah he was faithful for 30 years before he saw any fruit from the labor of his ministry - that's longer than most of us have been alive! Hold fast dear friend, great reward is bound to follow. It is too easy to run away, but you and I both know you are stronger than that! You will encounter rocky ground and stormy weather wherever you go, but do NOT forsake the seed you have put down before you have seen it bud. God is faithful to bring someone else along to finish the work and you do not want to be robbed of the blessing in seeing the fruit of your labor. Continue to watch over it, care for it, protect it, because it was ENTRUSTED to you. God has created us to be tried and tested. He wants to make sure we are not just fair-weather friends. In the face of adversity we have to humble ourselves and hold tight to the promises and eternal truths He has spoken to us. "If God sends us on a stony path, He provides strong shoes!" Corrie Ten Boom. Storms will come...it is your foundation that will determine how you handle them. We all want to hear our Master say, "Well done good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things I will put you in charge of many things." You will truly learn the truth about the sufficiency of God's grace.
Hold these promises in your heart:
I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have COMMITED to Him until that Day (2 Tim.1:12)...He CHOSE us in Him before the foundations of the world (Eph. 1:4)...We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE (Rom. 8:28)...these He CALLED He also JUSTIFIED and whom He JUSTIFIED these He also GLORIFIED (Rom. 8:30)...I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received in humbleness, gentleness, patience, and bearing with one another in love (Eph. 4:1)....Be all the more eager and DILIGENT to make your calling and election sure! For if you do these things, you will never stumble or fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST! (2 Pet. 1:10-11)
My prayer is that we the body of Christ be found faithful with what has been placed in front of us. Despite the testing and trying and lies, may we stand firm on His truth, which we listened to and have followed forth in. May our hearts be to serve Him fully in small and great things. May our lives be used to bring Him glory building one another up as well as His Kingdom. Thank you Lord for the work you are doing in each of our lives. Praise Him at ALL times! Amen.
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