Wisdom from Tiffany

On Tuesday bible studies at the school we always start out the same way. One of the students opens in prayer and then I open with what I opened with the very first bible study that was held in that classroom.

I share with the students why the bible study?

I tell them, in this world there are cycles that were created by God & these cycles will not change unless God Himself steps in and changes them.

I also tell the students that there are cycles that were created in their lives and in the lives of their family that were never intended to be & these cycles are meant to be broken & can be broken by the Word of God. That's why we have these bible studies.

 

Genesis 8:22

“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”

 

I am really captivated by that phrase "Seedtime & harvest"

 

plant the seed, give it time & then.....Harvest!

 

Mark 4:14, the sower sows the Word.

 

Sowing seed can be exhausting, can be discouraging, & even disappointing.

 

I think when we sow seed into the lives of our students it is, at the time, uplifting & exciting & even soo hopeful. But what can be exhausting, discouraging & even disappointing is the "time" before the "harvest". 

 

In Mark 4 Jesus describes the 4 soils or the 4 hearts & as people that sow the Word for a living we must be aware of each.

 

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

 

The Word is so multi-faceted, it can cut and heal all at the same time & it can expose and cover.... because God doesn't ever expose a wound that He doesn't want to heal.

 

Ecclesiastes 3:1, to everything there is a season.

 

Things change, the youth that have come through the kennel have changed & teams change.

 

Mark 4:20, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”

 

As we sow the Word, whether we like it or not, there will be TIME before we see the harvest. How much time, only God knows.

 

Harvest = gathering crops....fruitfulness

 

The time before the harvest can seem never ending & the truth is there may be seed we sow we may never see harvest on & as leaders we must be okay with that.

 

Galatians 6:9, And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

 

Human nature can be disappointing and sometimes we can become tainted but we cannot lose heart for if we do what we are called to do, which is "Sow the Word" we will reap.