the harvest

The fruit of the vine

Gives way to our simple understand of where fruit comes from

Being there or where God would have us

is only half the equation so first let us listen to the quest for fruit

We know that Jesus declared the harvest is ripe

but maybe like the twelve where than shall we go?

First ripe means ready for the picking

and that should ease our hearts that it… The Harvest is within reach

the question than are we in position to reap

are we like the twelve coming from a place we were assigned to be

that said let us return to… 

what is already His and accounted for

because He said so and He is sending us… it’s a mission

although a mission of a life time because… we harvesters are few

no competition here in fact more cooperation is needed

we are after all sent two by two… or more

if we are out of place remember we’re mobile 

so lets return to what is fruit and how do we become sure they are

“No one can come to Me… 

actually enter into me… be with me… 

unless the Father

allows “

Men are called but their hearts are prepared beforehand

to respond to Jesus

He is the weighing in He knows who the Father sends to Him

And now we must know and have been given the Holy Spirit  

To discern to have such wisdom we need to pray

 and pray until we can hear the heart

of those we are sent to invite into God’s Kingdom

A ripe fruit is first observed ready to fall

or to be picked from the world and offered up to the vine dresser

The other side of bearing is in the demonstrating of our lives

our example speaks to those who are being drawn by God to us

our eyes may be to focused elsewhere and blurry from world values

again prayer draws us near to God and God draws near to us

touching us with a love for His priority “people” and gives us

better insight as we pray together with Him in our midst

we will have greater opportunity to share the love 

which will touch those whose hearts are prepared

concluding the hearts of the twelve were prepared 

for three years in “Humble” submission before Jesus sends them

don’t therefore assume you are sent before you are prepared in

prayer before Jesus just as they set before Him

It is His Harvest

It it His fruit and we need to be totally His so as to be sent

as we are fruit we are reminded 

to follow Jesus first in Prayer that He would send us 

With power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal

than even as the twelve went out remember the condition He made for them to bring no extra clothes

(How long shall we be gone? No answer here… we go by faith

noting this is not a part time effort)

Take no money… it appears we are truly to trust in His provision

This last instruction is the focal point of both the extreme importance and urgency of our mission when we are “Sent”

Do not speak to anyone except whom are awaiting our 

message of love… to them we bring salutation from God with blessings on the house hold or family

We stop for nothing or no one we are expressly about the work of the Father and it appears it is far more serious than we may think

So here were learning timing

gather the fruit before it hits the ground and is bruised or maybe

spoiled Today it seem everything is casual but it appears

the work of the harvest is not for part timers or

to be taken frivolously

We are sent by God to do His work His way

It is He who prepared us… “Are you prepared?”

it is He who prepares the harvest… Yes we are minions..

We are called because we were given gifts to accomplish His work before we were born and now assembled two or more to

submit to each other humbled before God but more importantly

we are going… sent in Jesus… as Jesus was sent to us

in that great love which requires death to selfishness

that in seeing us… they see Jesus and they see the Father!