Friday, August 7, 2009

a crop of faith

This time of year we enjoy the summer's yield of peaches, corn, melons, berries and all manner of vegetables.  Recently my wife and I have enjoyed shopping at a local farmers market on Saturday mornings.  You feel like you get a bonus by meeting the farmers who raised the produce and you find that their tomatoes and watermelons have personality and unique qualities that only the one who raised the crop know of.  It occurs to me that each of us can be a farmer even if we don't have a field.  Our faith is our richest resource.  It is the living link between us and our wonderful Lord.  For many, the Lord is a distant figure whom we can know about or... speculate about ...or discuss... or try to please...or ignore...But to those of us who have met Him personally when our eyes were opened to the personal purpose attached to the Cross and the Tomb, He is life itself.  We sow faith when our lives are saturated with His presence, our actions are the natural outcome of our rest in Him and our manner reflects the peace that only He can bring.  When others see the reality of our Faith they see the reality of God and they may also turn toward Him and find the greatest crop...the finest fruit...the sweetest produce of all.  More than that, they meet the greatest Farmer of them all who stands behind this crop of faith and offers it to all, with the price already paid.
 
Luke 10:2 Then He said to them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
 
blessings,
Rob Smith

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