SEED TIME AND HARVEST TIME

Post date: Jul 6, 2012 9:37:53 AM

The seasons are changing, and you are changing also for good, but God is never changing. Man will always continue to experience tremendous changes in all things. Some of the changes will be sweet and some not, some will be expected and some will not be expected, but despite the changes, the news is that the goodness of our Lord will always be enjoyed by those who will deliberately put their absolute trust in Him despite the changing seasons. Our God is the changer of times and seasons, but He has an unchanging nature. I pray for everyone reading this message, who are expecting a changed season, that the God who give His words, will fulfill it in you, giving you the change you deserve. For those who had been in a particular adverse season for too long, the change is coming, the season that brings joy and celebration, peace and accomplishment, advancement in godliness, profession, marriage and family, finance and health, knowledge and promotion, comfort and testimony is coming for you. You cannot afford to remain in one season forever. The God who changes seasons, will give you a change that is sweet, appropriate and very rewarding.

Everyone has an uncomfortable moment in life which should never last long, but when it does, it is always very difficult for man to console such a person with just words, especial when there is no sign of such condition abetting soon, and the possibility of such condition affecting other aspects of life thereafter. Our God does not only console with words alone, but by actions also. Christ Jesus told His disciples “Do not let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in, and adhere to, and trust in, and rely on God; believe in, and adhere to, and trust in, and also rely on Me” John 14:1. Christ Jesus is willing not only to console, but to completely deliver, giving you a new season and a new reason to live. Do not allow any form of distress to overcome you, do not allow the words and actions of men, irrespective of their capacity to depress you, do not allow even dreams, prophesy’s and visions to frighten you. Constantly hold on to, and keep believing in our God. He is the only maker and changer of all seasons.

“And Noah built an alter to the Lord and took of every clean [four-footed] animals of every clean fowl or bird and offered burnt offering on the alter. When the Lord smelled the pleasing odor [a scent of satisfaction to His heart], the Lord said to Himself, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination [the strong desire] of man's heart is evil and wicked from his youth; neither will I ever again smite and destroy every living thing, as I have done. While the earth remains, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:20-22

Noah had enjoyed a good time of fellowship with God and had practiced complete obedience to every word God had given to him. In one of those good times, God told him of his intent to bring flood to the world, and also told him of what he must do to survive. God is ever willing to guide you in all things. Moved with obedience, Noah did exactly all that God had told him to do, and God, thereafter short him inside the ark for the period of the flood. Did you know that God did not short Noah inside that ark forever? After the flood, God brought him out, giving him a new season and a new reason to live. The reward of His obedience was his safety, and the comfort of his obedience was in what he was about to inherit thereafter. Moved by love and praise for the safety, Noah offered a sacrifice that was pleasing to God, which also resulted in a promise by God never to destroy the world again, and the sign of a rainbow to confirm His word. Noah's sacrifice brought hope and assurance.

As you did not miss your season of sacrifice when prompted by God, your season of obedience when demanded by God, your season of prayers when the occasion demanded, your season of fasting, your season of commitment to truthfulness, seeking and maintaining of peace, your season of showing true love, your season of helping, staying up in the challenges, your season of walking faithfully, just like Noah, you will never miss your season of appropriate reward and abundant blessing also. Let us make good use of every seed time we have as you expect the harvest time. God will always preserve you to the harvest time after directing you through the seed time. The God of Noah will visit you in your present season with His harvest time reward.

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