Today is one of those days. Where I woke up excited, but slightly worried about having to preach at a concert to 400 parents of which I only know a few and of whom I am sure many of them don’t want me to come.
Praying this morning I was reminded of one of the few times a group of people from a ministry team laid hands on me and spoke scripture like a knife into my heart. It came from Isaiah 55.
For as the rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:10-11
I was reminded this morning that sometimes when we preach the word, it comes like rain. Its impact is fast and flooding achieving its purpose immediatley. But many times Gods Word is like snow. It lands on the grass and it can take sometime before it melts and achieves its purpose of watering the grass and producing vegetation. For instance many times we preach and it seems as if little or no impact was made. But God promises that his word will achieve the purpose for which it was sent. Sometimes it may be hours or weeks or even years before the sun rises to melt the snow and carry out its purpose. And the Holy Spirit is the sun that melts the word into peoples hearts and lives. He is the after preacher. And so I can preach tonight knowing that even if no immediate results come. The Word that goes out will not return empty by the time the Spirits finished with it.
The second thing that struck me from these verses is Isaiah 55:10 “giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater”. And it made me realise that the preaching of the word, after some time of producing plant, then produces new seed for the sower. So that other people then have seed to go and spread and sow with. And so I was encouraged that the preached Word of God produces words in other peoples lives so they can take it and multiply it.
And so regardless of how I feel whether its anxiety, nerves, excitement. One thing I will rest in today is that the Word is not mine, but on lone to me from Jesus. And he promises it shall not return to him empty.
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Thank you! This is helpful.