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Yes He gave you a green thumb

Yes He gave you a green thumb

1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.

You are a gardener in God’s hands. How you live your life and your circle of influence is the field in which He has placed you. You are where you are at every day by His purpose, and that day may be used to work the field. The simple idea of gardening is a great analogy of your Christian walk as a disciple. Do you reflect Christ in your field, or is there any evidence of your faith in that field? Is is barren and full of weeds, rocks, idols, and choked off so that the Word of God cannot grow in your life?

God gives us daily opportunities to encourage those in our field. He also has other gardeners working the same fields with us performing different tasks. It takes much discipline and nurturing to grow a healthy plant, but you may play a key role in watering that plant. The other gardener may nurture it and see it produce fruit, but you both have helped it grow through God’s grace. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.

There is nothing you can do to force anyone to believe as you do, God must prepare their hearts and do the work in them. But you can deny them, and yourself the blessing by not “watering”; or sharing an encouraging word or deed with them. Don’t step on the plants that surround you by living unGodly in your field. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. A humble spirit living inside you may get to see the fruit of God’s work in your field sometimes and it brings great joy. He has given you the pail of Living Water to pour out on your field to nurture it. John 7:38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” Do not keep the water to yourself but pour it out fully for He will never let your pail run dry.

Freaky weird weather

28 Jun

Freaky weird weather

Daniel 2:21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

Freaky weird weather seems to be becoming the ‘norm’ over recent years. Even yesterday we set a record low temp of 130 years, and 48-72hrs later we will flirt with the all time record high of 104. Almost a 50 degree temperature swing in a couple of days. Are these not strange enough to begin to question? What if it had snowed and then came back to blazing heat? Every prophet true or not would have been on the street preaching the end of days. Are the days just not “biblical” enough to warrant concern? All of this radical weather we have seen in recent years should simply point us to the One who is in control of it. Man can never control the weather, he just improves his abilities to adapt.

Christ was preaching to the multitudes in the gospel of Luke of how the people could forecast the coming weather from the signs God gave them, but they could not see the signs and Him standing before them. Luke 12:56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time? Are we not discerning the times laid before us now? Are we so concerned with ourselves that we are simply pushing aside what God is writing on the walls of the sky? Countless natural disaster have filled our history books over very recent years that should point us to the power of God. Matthew 24:7-8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. All of these things simply point you to the power of God and His creation. They point you to something you cannot control, yet can dwell in His presence through the power of the Cross. Do not sit in the comfort of your ability to cope with the seasons, but grasp what the season brings.

Matthew Henry put it like this: Even in regard to changes of the weather God gives warning to us what is coming, and art has improved the notices of nature in weather-glasses. The prognostications here referred to had their origin in repeated observations upon the chain of causes: from what has been we conjecture what will be. See the benefit of experience; by taking notice we may come to give notice. Whose is wise will observe and learn.

Spring storms in Winter?

03 Mar

This morning it seems amazing how God has led me around the bible learning of the weather. I could not believe I ended up in Job. I personally believe that all this weather craziness that has been escalating the last couple years is a sign from God. The weather is an undeniable event that affects everyone, every day. If He uses it to raise awareness, then it brings Him glory and draws those of us closer to Him. I would urge you to let God speak to you in these chapters below I have listed. Spend this rainy day in the best book, and the only book that can change your life for an eternity, before you miss the signs laid before you.

Spring storms in Winter?

Job 37:11-12 Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds. And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth.

Can even the lost soul deny the weather, the seasons, seem to be changing? Tornado’s all winter; spring storms in winter; the lack of a winter? The events are happening out of sync with what the calendar would project? Weather is unavoidable, it affects us all. Read the chapter of Job 37 entirely for an awesome description of God’s power, “God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend. For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.” Matthew Henry spoke of “it is not for us to know, no, not that concerning the times and seasons.” The undeniable truth is that they are changing, and many speak of that as a sign from God for the end of time.

Matthew 24 is Christ’s discourse of the coming end of times. He was speaking to his disciples, and their curiosity of what to look for to prepare. I urge you to spend time in this chapter. Matthew 24: 6-8 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. All over the world, these things are happening. All over the world there are signs being set before us for the coming days. In Matthew 16 Christ stood before those religious leaders speaking of who He was standing before them. Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. I hope and pray that you will see all these signs set before you to prepare you for what is to come. There will come a time, when you will look back and be glad the signs were given, or a day you will regret you denied the signs for an eternity.

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