Prepare for the Blessing
As the farmer tills the earth, plants the seed, prays for rain and waits for the unseen- So must we position ourselves for a spiritual harvest in our hearts.
If our lives are to bear much fruit, fruit that will last, Our hearts must be prepared. And when the soil is ready, our hearts must receive the seed, the word of God.
Then the Unseen God performs what only He can do and what only He can see….. Give New Life!
He mysteriously works, taking the open heart and His word, And brings New Life to a once dead and barren tract of land- our soul.
John 3:3
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
This same principle is in play in regard to blessings, healing and all sorts of miracles.
Allowing the Lord to till our hearts through the storms of life, our hearts become fertile ground for His promises. Taking one of His promises to heart, we stand on His promise and wait, wait for the unseen to be made manifest in our lives. This, I believe, is what is meant by co-laboring with Christ.
The seen preparing for the unseen!
Do you need a miracle today? Prepare for the Harvest and wait.
2 Chronicles 20:17
You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'”
Exodus 14:13
But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.
The call to us in Isaiah sums it up perfectly! Blessings, Jonathan
Isaiah 40:3
3-5Thunder in the desert!
“Prepare for God’s arrival!
Make the road straight and smooth,
a highway fit for our God.
Fill in the valleys,
level off the hills,
Smooth out the ruts,
clear out the rocks.
Then God’s bright glory will shine
and everyone will see it.
Yes. Just as God has said.”
Open the Trenches- from Streams in the Desert
“Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hands” (2 Kings 3:16-18).
To human thinking it was simply impossible, but nothing is hard for God. Without a sound or sign, from sources invisible and apparently impossible, the floods came stealing in all night long; and when the morning dawned, those ditches were flooded with the crystal waters, and reflecting the rays of the morning sun from the red hills of Edom. Our unbelief is always wanting some outward sign. The religion of many is largely sensational, and they are not satisfied of its genuineness without manifestations, etc.; but the greatest triumph of faith is to be still and know that He is God. The great victory of faith is to stand before some impassable Red Sea, and hear the Master say, “Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord,” and “Go forward!” As we step out without any sign or sound–not a wave-splash–and wetting our very feet as we take the first step into its waters, still marching on we shall see the sea divide and the pathway open through the very midst of the waters.
If we have seen the miraculous workings of God in some marvelous case of healing or some extraordinary providential deliverance, I am sure the thing that has impressed us most has been the quietness with which it was all done, the absence of everything spectacular and sensational, and the utter sense of nothingness which came to us as we stood in the presence of this mighty God and felt how easy, it was for Him to do it all without the faintest effort on His part or the slightest help on ours.
It is not the part of faith to question, but to obey. The ditches were made, and the water came pouring in from some supernatural source. What a lesson for our faith!
Are you craving a spiritual blessing? Open the trenches, and God will fill them. And this, too, in the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected ways.
Oh, for that faith that can act by faith and not by sight, and expect God to work although we see no wind or rain.
–A. B. Simpson
