A Year of Harvest - Pastor Stuart Price

• 24/01/2019
• SLC Stuart Price

 

 

 

    And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap

    if we do not lose hear. Galatians 6:9

 

    Years ago when we planted our first church in 1986 Tweed Heads NSW

    Australia, this verse I quoted more than any other. I stood on God’s word

    spoken by Paul. You see this is the greatest single, stand alone scripture

    for defeating discouragement. One of the greatest problems among church

    members, ministers and missionaries alike is discouragement.

 

    Just this year someone in our 6am prayer meeting spoke out that this is our

    ‘Due’ season to reap! Something just leapt up in my spirit, and Galatians

    6:9 came to mind and I spoke it out. ‘Yes 2019 is our due season to reap a

    Harvest of Souls. Oh my mind and my spirit went wild with excitement.

 

    Over the years we have reaped, we have seen God’s faithfulness. However, I

    believe that Galatians 6:9 is ‘Now’ for us as Spirit Life Church to ‘Arise

    and Shine’ like never before, in reaping the seeds that have been sown. Not

    only for us, but you also as you read this, to release your faith and

    confession in the seeds you have sown over the years. 2019 will be a year

    of ‘Harvest’.

 

    The word ‘weary’ here means ‘flagging, fainting, despondent, discouraged!

    And this word added to ‘and let us not.....’Don’t be weary. Don’t be

    discouraged. don't be despondent. ‘Don't give up -- look up and live!’

 

    That is - when things get difficult - when it seems like there’s no fruit

    for all your labour in the Lords work. “don’t give up - but look up to God

    and live up to His calling.

 

    Noah 120yrs building the Ark, Joseph 13yrs in prison, Abraham 25yrs before

    Isaac was born. We sow the seeds of the gospel, but it may take a while for

    them to germinate. William Carey was seven yrs in India before seeing his

    first convert, Adobiran Judson was 7yrs in Burma before he saw his first

    conversion. Robert Morrison toiled for 7yrs in China, before his first

    convert. Robert Moffat waited 7 yrs in the mission field of Africa before

    he saw any evidence of the moving of the Holy Spirit.

 

    It may take 7 - 70yrs - but there’s power in the gospel seed and our job is

    to plant it. So don’t lose heart. ‘He” who continually goes forth weeping,

    bearing seed for sowing, shall doubt less come again with rejoicing,

    bringing his sheaves with him Psalms 126:6

 

    Seeds can remain dormant for years until the conditions are right for

    growth. For example, while excavating the palace of Herod the Great,

    archaeologists at Masada found seeds that had hibernated for 2000 yrs.

 

    In 2005, one of the seeds - a Judean date palm - was planted and it

    germinated. God in His creative genius put life and potential into such a

    small seed.

 

    Please read again Galatians 6:9 ‘What have you given up on?’ We will reap

    in God’s season, His time if we do not lose hear, or faint.

 

    2019 the Year of Harvest Ecclesiastics 3:1-8

 

    Much Love and Blessings

 

    Pastor Stuart & Colleen