Imagine
with me a farmer in the midst of planting his fields in April, working
diligently and feverishly to get the crops in before the heavy rains come. All summer long the farmer faithfully cares
for the crops, nurturing them, preventing weeds from overtaking and choking
them. But when the time for harvest
arrives the farmer stays in the house, watching football and relaxing on the
couch. The crops, ripe for reaping, stay
in the fields, untouched by the farmer.
All the work of sowing and caring with no one to reap the bountiful
harvest.
As
Jesus is speaking to the woman at the well his disciples arrive, startled that
he would have any conversation with a Samaritan woman. Jesus has revealed to this woman the truth of
the gospel message and now he takes the time to teach his disciples about
reaping the harvest that he has sown.
Join
us this week at ElmCreek Community Church as we read John 4:27-42, seeking
God’s will and call for our lives as his disciples in reaping fields white for
harvest.
Striving to know Christ and make Him known,
Pastor Mark
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