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Greetings,
Today I am back in Portugal after several days on Madeira Island, a Portuguese Island to the west coast of Northern Africa. It was great to be with Pastor Francisco Ribeiro and the congregation of Casa da Familia Porto Santo. It was great to activate the prophetic Spirit of Christ and to see God touch people with His life and power of healing grace. The Portuguese people are surely a blessing in my life and part of the divine call and purpose in my life. Thank you Medeira, Island for you welcome and love.
We must live our lives with a focus of being diligent in seeing the harvest of our lives fulfilled for the sake of our world and the world beyond our lifetime. To be diligent is to be hard-working and industrious. We cannot earn our way to salvation, but the salvation given to us by God in Christ is a salvation of grace whereby we can be empowered to work hard in all things. Diligence is working hard with careful effort. Being diligent involves obtaining the ability to work steady for an objective in life.
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
As believers in Christ we must embrace being a part of the family of God for a corporate purpose that is greater than what we can be alone. Because of this, we must understand what I call the law of harvest. I believe this is a spiritual law and it is determined in heaven and its benefits are seen in the earth. The lesser laws of first fruits, first things, sowing and reaping, gravity, density, and numerous laws of physics all serve this law of harvest. When we pray, “Let Your kingdom come, Let Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”, we are praying according to the law of harvest. Harvest is how it is in heaven. Leaders must see things as they are in heaven in order to lead earthly people into heavenly realities. God wants for us to live our lives by the law of harvest, but most people choose to live their lives by the lesser laws. Most Christians think that living their lives by the law of sowing and reaping is the way to go. No true farmer lives by the law of sowing and reaping. A true farmer lives by the law of harvest and knows that he will have to also choose the law of sowing and reaping to serve the greater law of harvest. No farmer simply scatters seeds and hopes to get a crop. He determines what crop he wants long before he sows the seed. As believers in Christ, we must do likewise in our own roles in being a part of the fields of Christ’s harvest. A farmer makes a determination in his heart and mind as to what the market demands, how many acres are needed, how much seed is needed, what soil conditions are required, what growing care must be provided, and many other things before he even puts a seed in the ground. The law of harvest demands the service of the lesser laws of nature. The law of sowing and reaping might mathematically say that 1+1=2, but the law of harvest says that if you want 2 you must get 1+ another 1. The law of harvest sees 2 before it demands 1. That is a bit simple, but it is a way of describing the law of harvest in mathematics.
Leaders must think thoughts of harvest, not merely ones of sowing. This should inspire every believer to do the same. God has purposed for everything to end in harvest (Mt. 13:39). The end of every age is culminated in harvest. Everything about every age must serve the purpose of the culmination of that age. It must serve harvest. Jesus endured the cross for the joy that was set before Him. He didn’t just blindly hope everything would work out. He saw a harvest and then did everything to accomplish that end. He was willing to embrace the suffering of the cross for the great harvest that would follow. It is a kingdom principle and a spiritual law of heaven.
Blessings,
Ted J. Hanson
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Thanks Again – Ted J. Hanson
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