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1-26-10 seed planting


1-26-10 seed planting

So a writer writes everyday.  So if I call myself a writer then I should be writing, but, what to write. 

I’ve been singing O Come O Come Emmanuel. So, come Lord Jesus, come and ransom (save) Israel who has been made captive not as a slave to a master but captive by their own ignorance and acceptance as you as the Messiah, the Son of God.

Your word says that they have been made blind and will remain so until the end because of their stiff-neckedness. (Yeah, I know that’s not really a word, but, it works)

As the Messiah returns in all his glory to ransom all of us from the snare of the serpent, Israel’s eyes shall be opened and they and everyone else shall bow on their knee and declare that you ARE the Son of God!

Part of me longs for that day, the day when we shall reside with you for all eternity.  Another part of me says “Wait!” for I know that there are those who are not ready, including some of my family.  Yet, there will always be some that aren’t ready.  I just pray that it won’t be one of my own.

You can not force people to believe in you.  You can not argue with people and “prove” the word to be the word of God or that the interpretation you give it is accurate.  Only the Holy Spirit can make Him known to a person.  Only the Holy Spirit can change a heart.

So, what is our role?  To share the gospel, but, not try to “cram” it down someone’s throat, for that will have no results or possibly the total opposite effect from what we are trying to accomplish.  We are to witness with our lives.  We are to witness in love (even the unlovable), to forgive (even the “unforgivable” – else the unforgiveness will keep us in bondage), to care for the widows and orphans.

I speak the things I know to be true.  I can not make someone else believe my truths. My responsibility is to share those truths and the “seeds” will fall where they may (as has already been ordained by God) and some will die by the wayside, and some will grow and wither, and some will grow and be fruitful.  Can you tell the condition of a seed by looking at it?  No.  One seed may look pretty and perfect and be infertile.  Another seed may look withered or deformed and produce the greatest harvest.

So, throw those seeds hither and yon.  Water the ones on your path.  Leave others for someone else to water.  Some will plant, some will water, and some will reap, but, they may not all be the same someone.  I may reap what you plant and someone else waters.  You may reap what I planted and watered.  The harvest is the important thing, not who planted, nor who watered.  After all, it is all going to the same market and the price has already been paid. Not to long away the purchaser will be coming for his crop!

Melissa Going
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