You have labored and now is the time to harvest the fruit of your labor. You are qualified. Before you were formed in your mother’s womb, He knew you. Prophetic utterances came before you were born. Cyrus had no part of the covenant but before he was born, God prophesied that he would do God’s pleasure. There is a reason for your existence. There is something for you in His presence. He cares about you and loves you. Whether you are male or female, you have sonship in God. There is a step of faith you have to make. No one comes to the Father except through the Son, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Have you come through Jesus? If not, now is the time to accept Him as Lord and Savior. This is the best time. If you have accepted Him, you have nothing to fear. “Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!”(John 4:35). Two categories of Harvest. There is the harvest of the promises of God in Jesus Christ, whatever God desires for you. There is the harvest of souls. Shiloh came so we can be anointed to do that which is important to God, and the harvest of souls is important to God. Many just fold their arms saying that the harvest is in the future. They procrastinate and delay, having one excuse or another. Lift up your eyes and look at the fields.
Quicken yourself. All Mary could see was the natural situation, knowing she did not have what it takes. How could a virgin like me give birth? She saw the natural world as an obstacle, but was finally able to say, “Be it unto me.” It may look like that business or that marriage or that education will not succeed; it may seem that you are in a vicious circle, with hindrances all around. It may seem like you are an outcast with no one to help, always seeing the blessings, the harvest, in the future, but the harvest is now. Quit saying 4 months or 4 years. Look up. The field is ready for harvest. Don’t look any farther away, the promise is here. What assurance do we have? Because God said so. “Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper” (2 Chron. 20:20). When God says it, go write it, for it shall surely come to pass. As it is spoken, so it was. Toiling in tears is in the past. The mouth of the Lord has spoken and His Spirit has gathered (Isa 34:16). Because the seed is in the ground. Seed time and harvest are natural. Planting and sunlight and water produce harvest. Jesus, the Seed of love, has been planted. God sowed Jesus, He rose, and there is bound to be harvest. Whether you like it or not, souls are bound to be saved. It is time to reap where you did not sow. He paid the price. Go out and win souls. Living seeds have been sown. Time, money, prayers, tears, vows… all these are living seeds of love. He will never forget your labor of love. Little labor will produce much because God is faithful. Because you gave, Shiloh 2009 was possible. Vows were made, and God responded.
You must have expectations. Jonah was rebellious and decided to go the other way. He was thrown out of the boat and swallowed by a great fish. Then he began to pray: “But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. So the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.” (Jonah 2:9-10). It is done by God—access it by thanksgiving. You may look like a fool, but bless Him for the harvest. Pay what you have vowed. Do that what you said you would do, and do it quickly. Fulfill your responsibility. Do you love God? Because God loves you, He gave it all. How will He not freely give you all? Why don’t you give Him your all? We are all called to the ministry of reconciliation. Live the lifestyle of reconciliation, bringing them back to God. Make a life-time vow to live to please Him. Whatever you do for Him becomes seeds of love. Move to the realm of the complete harvest.
Reap in joy. You have sown in tears, now is the time to reap. There is no doubt on the part of God, don’t you be doubtful. Do the harvest. Take action. Be sensitive to opportunities. How God will do it is none of your business. Forget about the how, just do your part. Have you paid your vows? Are you out there bringing them in? Release your faith and trust God. Stop trying to help Him. “ For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come” (Mark 4:29). Be vigilant, be sensitive. Watch for opportunities. Doors will open, be on the lookout. See yourself as a savior. You don’t need a 3-year plan to lead someone to Christ. Just be sensitive. Don’t let any religious thinking stop you. Put in the sickle and bring in the harvest.
