SCRIPTURE: John (NIV) 4:34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
OBSERVATION: The sower and the reaper work in different seasons, but they work for the same goal and share the same satisfaction. It is all for the harvest. Their work is “harvest-driven.”
The different yet coordinated work results in them being “glad together.” Surely one of the joys of heaven will be learning about the others who planted the seeds we had the privilege of reaping. And even others who reaped the seeds we planted. There will be great joy shared by sowers and reapers with the souls they brought to Jesus!
APPLICATION: I need to keep my eyes open and focused on the field. Today I will be a sower or a reaper. God will bring into my field of vision, someone who needs to hear the gospel, or someone who is ready to commit their life to Jesus.
PRAYER: Lord, use me this day for your glory. May I meet someone in heaven, someone in whom I planted a seed today, or someone I led to Jesus today. May there be much rejoicing in heaven because I have been faithful today. Amen
Pastor Leon
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