Monday, July 19, 2010
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
I am reminded, in this verse, of the very famous Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and 11a. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven..."; verse 11, "He hath made every thing beautiful in its time." GOD has ordained for our good, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night. All this is for our good so that all things will be beautiful in its time.
If this seems complicated to you, let me make it simple by a story: I know of prisoners captured during WWII and imprisoned in a dark cave for many years. When they were found and liberated from their cave by American troops, their skin had turned paper white and thin; they could not see, because the light blinded them; they were weak and couldn't walk; they were in shock, because of the change in atmosphere, temperature and companionship, this left them disoriented and frightened. They had only lived in darkness, dampness, and cold, so their body, mind and spirit had been normalized to one condition - darkness.
GOD has provided time, seasons, temperature and light changes to keep us in balance. Plants do not flourish in the dark and mushrooms do not grow in the light. We do not flourish unless there is change in light/dark, cold/heat, day/night. winter/summer.
What does this all have to do with spiritual growth? How does this deepen our relationship with GOD? The word is very clear, we must sow and expect that there will be a harvest. What is the seed? He gives us his Word and we plant it in good soil. We must count on GOD to provide the right balance for prosperity and a good harvest. How can we count on GOD to provide? Because He has never failed His people and because He has promised and will never go back on His Word.
WHAT WORD FROM THE WORD ARE YOU SOWING INTO GOOD GROUND?
He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; and in His time.
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
I am reminded, in this verse, of the very famous Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and 11a. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven..."; verse 11, "He hath made every thing beautiful in its time." GOD has ordained for our good, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night. All this is for our good so that all things will be beautiful in its time.
If this seems complicated to you, let me make it simple by a story: I know of prisoners captured during WWII and imprisoned in a dark cave for many years. When they were found and liberated from their cave by American troops, their skin had turned paper white and thin; they could not see, because the light blinded them; they were weak and couldn't walk; they were in shock, because of the change in atmosphere, temperature and companionship, this left them disoriented and frightened. They had only lived in darkness, dampness, and cold, so their body, mind and spirit had been normalized to one condition - darkness.
GOD has provided time, seasons, temperature and light changes to keep us in balance. Plants do not flourish in the dark and mushrooms do not grow in the light. We do not flourish unless there is change in light/dark, cold/heat, day/night. winter/summer.
What does this all have to do with spiritual growth? How does this deepen our relationship with GOD? The word is very clear, we must sow and expect that there will be a harvest. What is the seed? He gives us his Word and we plant it in good soil. We must count on GOD to provide the right balance for prosperity and a good harvest. How can we count on GOD to provide? Because He has never failed His people and because He has promised and will never go back on His Word.
WHAT WORD FROM THE WORD ARE YOU SOWING INTO GOOD GROUND?
He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; and in His time.
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