This evening I was in the Word & I read John 12:24-26. I began to meditate. Later, I came upon this on the internet….. I thought it provoking. What do you think?
Planted for the Harvest - John 12:24-26
I tell you the truth. A grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die. Then it grows and makes many seeds. But if it never dies, then it will always be only a single seed. The person that loves his own life will lose it. But the person that hates his life in this world will keep it. He will have life forever. The person that serves me must follow me. Then my servant will be with me everywhere I am. My Father will give honor to people that serve me. (ERV)
Thought
So much of what we want to do for God we try to do by ourselves. Our motives are right. Maybe our heart is right. Our plans are made with prayer. The problem is that we end up doing everything except the crucial thing: we are not willing to die. Our identity gets involved in pulling off our plans. Our hopes and our feelings about Christian service get tangled up in our success in the plan. Jesus reminds us that there is no harvest without death -- the seed has to be planted and die before it can germinate and grow. Jesus submitted everything, including his fears and his friends, to the will of God. It cost him his life. It won him the harvest. What have you not surrendered to God?
Thank You God for Your Holy Spirit to teach me & guide me!
1 comment:
Oh, to die to our flesh and our plans---I need to muse on this some more! Thanks for sharing. I pray that this takes root in us and you all as we are "missionaries" in another country or soon will be and there we must die too. Going is not dying--interesting thought. Surrendering is dying.
Thanks again for sharing!
Karen
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