Memorise:
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:4
Read: Hebrews 6:11-15
6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
6:12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Message
I learnt a valuable lesson some years ago. When the crowd of
participants at our monthly Holy Ghost service began to increase, I
decided to select seven elders to help in the area of ministering to
people. I gave each of them neckties that I had used during previous
ministrations. “Put on these neckties; they are already soaked with
God’s anointing during my previous ministrations” I told them. Whenever
they wore those neckties and ministered, supernatural miracles always
occurred. As signs and wonders happened in the area of ministration,
something else happened in my own life. I was showered with gifts of
neckties. Each time my close acquaintances travelled, they came back
with just one type of gift - neckties. Wherever they travelled to, the
only gifts they brought to me were neckties. Then I asked God, “Why are
these people just giving me neckties? Can’t they come up with some other
gifts beside neckties?” God gave me insight into what was happening. He
said, “Son, if you sow ties, you will reap ties.” I quickly got the
message and decided to start sowing shoes. I located pastors who wore my
shoe size and I gave them a good number of my shoes, among which were
some of my best shoes. I expected a harvest of new shoes in the first
month following my act of giving, but there was no gift of shoes for me.
When another month rolled by and there was still no gift of shoes for
me, I went to God and said, “Daddy, you told me that if I sow, I would
reap.” It was then the Lord taught me another lesson, He said, “Son, if
you plant maize, you can harvest it within three months, but if you
plant yam, you will wait a little longer”. The Almighty God said to me,
“Shoes are of greater value than ties, the greater the quality of the
seed sown, the more time you will have to spend in waiting for the
harvest. You have planted shoes and you will have to wait a little
longer; but the moment the harvest starts, there will be no stopping
it”. Later, I was showered with shoes of all sizes and colours: big,
small, white, green, black and all kinds of sophisticated shoes. When
the harvest eventually came in full, I was pleasantly surprised. James
5:7 says, “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the
earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and
latter rain.”
If you have sown any seed, your harvest will soon
come. Just wait a little while and your harvest will locate you in the
Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point:
Father, please let my harvest come speedily and help me not to be weary in well-doing.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 2 CHRONICLES 29:3-30:27 and ECCLESIASTES 3
AUTHOR : Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE
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