February 9, 2012 Ready for Harvest?

Ready for the Harvest?

Mark 4:26-29 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain — first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”

YOU might be wondering, “Ready for what harvest?” I hope you’re wondering this. The answer is crucial to your eternal future.
Jesus gives a very clear Kingdom truth here. He is the farmer who plants the seed, the Truth of Jesus Christ. Once the truth is planted into good soil, it will not stop. It will root and prosper.
As sun and rain nurture a plant to grow, the Truth of Jesus nurtures you to grow and mature in the truth.
What happens when the plant has a full kernel? The kernel becomes food for some and new seed for new plants. What happens when you mature in Jesus’ truth? You produce seed.
You become “food” to feed people hungry for the truth, and you become seed to plant new truth into new soil. You tell your friends. You tell your children. The Kingdom of God grows through you.
Then what? As with any plant, your life here will end. One day God will “harvest” your life from earth into eternal life. The thing is, you don’t know when that will be. Thus, I return to my question, “Ready for the harvest?”
What do you say? Is Jesus’ truth planted, growing and maturing in you?


Pause and consider carefully your answer. Romans 10:9 offers you the way to say, “Yes, I am ready for the harvest.”