Spiritual Growth for Godly Harvest
August 26th, 2019
Growth does not happen overnight. It takes time. God takes 2 days to make a mushroom; He takes 60 years to make an oak tree. Spiritual growth, like natural growth, takes time; the best fruit ripens slowly.
Jesus Christ said "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." ~ John 12:24. The point Jesus stressed here is that "Death precedes Life". Just as a grain of wheat must die to produce fruit. So we must die to ourselves to produce spiritual growth. And dying to our own selfishness takes time.
Our tendency is to dig up the seed periodically to check on its progress, instead of trusting God to do his work in our lives. The truth is Jesus will produce fruit in our lives if we remain in Him. "Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me. I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing." ~ John 15: 4-5(AMP). The key word is remain. We must remain in Him to produce fruit(Spiritual Growth) and gain Godly Harvest.
Remaining Christ means keeping in contact with Him, depending on Him, living for Him and Trusting Him to do His work in our lives in His perfect timing. Never give up. It is always too soon to quit! Wait for God's promised Godly harvest and, in the meantime, enjoy His presence in your life. God loves you at every stage of your spiritual growth.
What is Godly Harvest? On it, Galatian 5: 22-23 says "But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control."
Joo Kwan(Jacob) Lee (written based on the words of Pastor Rick Warren)
August 26th, 2019
Growth does not happen overnight. It takes time. God takes 2 days to make a mushroom; He takes 60 years to make an oak tree. Spiritual growth, like natural growth, takes time; the best fruit ripens slowly.
Jesus Christ said "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." ~ John 12:24. The point Jesus stressed here is that "Death precedes Life". Just as a grain of wheat must die to produce fruit. So we must die to ourselves to produce spiritual growth. And dying to our own selfishness takes time.
Our tendency is to dig up the seed periodically to check on its progress, instead of trusting God to do his work in our lives. The truth is Jesus will produce fruit in our lives if we remain in Him. "Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me. I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing." ~ John 15: 4-5(AMP). The key word is remain. We must remain in Him to produce fruit(Spiritual Growth) and gain Godly Harvest.
Remaining Christ means keeping in contact with Him, depending on Him, living for Him and Trusting Him to do His work in our lives in His perfect timing. Never give up. It is always too soon to quit! Wait for God's promised Godly harvest and, in the meantime, enjoy His presence in your life. God loves you at every stage of your spiritual growth.
What is Godly Harvest? On it, Galatian 5: 22-23 says "But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control."
Joo Kwan(Jacob) Lee (written based on the words of Pastor Rick Warren)
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