It's Harvest Time!

Last year, I was invited to Kenya, Africa, to speak at a Pastor's Conference where there were Bishops, Apostles, Elders, Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists, and Prophets. In other words, it was a Leader's Conference. The theme for this Conference was about it being harvest time.

It was no coincidence that one of my messages was "It's Harvest Time". I spoke on the challenges of life using Job as an example of how we are tested and how God is the Teacher. Do you remember when your teacher gave a test, no one was allowed to talk? Not even the teacher talked during the test. Job was tested in every part of his life. He endured one testing after another. Before he could get past one test, something else was in the works. Satan was giving him his best shot.

God called Job “the most righteous man in the land”; there was no sin in his life. Job's friends were convinced that he endured hardship because he was living a sinful life. They did their best to pry a confession out of him, but he held on to his integrity. Job's wife, his rib, bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh, knew that Job was a good man and how he loved the Lord. She became angry with God and wanted Job to fight God in the flesh. She asked Job to curse God and die. Job's response to this proved that he was everything God said about him. He was one that could be trusted. Job 13.15 says, "...though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." Job later stated that God knew the ways that he would take and that not only would he overcome, but that when he did, he would “come forth as gold.” In the end, God made Job's latter days far better than his beginning. Job had it pretty good before God allowed the testing, but because he stood with integrity, God repaid him with more than he could have ever imagined.

That's a word for you, too! It's harvest time in your life, but you can't see it because all hell may be coming your way. Or, there may be restlessness inside of you...something is happening that you can't seem to put a finger on; it's called "transition". God is about to do something new in your life, and like Job, though you can not see it and everything that is happening to you says differently, keep the faith! Your best days are ahead of you!

There is a well known Prophet in America, Kim Clement, that often prophesies in song, "I see you in the future and you look much better then you look right now." I want to leave you with those encouraging words. Don't give up, don't look back, and don't even think about throwing in the towel. Find out why you've had to endure all that has come against you. When I started writing this, I actually intended to talk about the harvest of souls that awaits you. Maybe we will discuss that harvest when we talk again. Please consider writing me in the comment section. I would love to hear a line or two of what the Father is speaking to you on this subject. Until next time….