There are many stories in the Bible that 1) we can relate to and 2) our lives represent in this day and age. We know that we know it is our time to shine whether we are Abraham, Isaac or Jacob or Sarah, Rebecca or Rachel, but it's our time as it is mine today: Susan J Perry will shine with the oil of Heaven upon her face; sweet and kind. And God will give us the desires of our hearts as we pursue and delight in Him.
Pursue = Delight
It is God's good pleasure to give to us, His children. I am delighted to receive from my Father in Heaven.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
If it is good pleasure for God to give to us then it should be our good pleasure to receive and give into His kingdom. We are producers in this kingdom and we must be givers. Being stingy or tight-fisted does not cut it with God. He is a reciprocal God; we sow and reap and sow and reap until we go to be with Him in eternity. This is the system of God. As we pursue Him, we must be giving all along the way.
Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Amos 9:13
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
2 Corinthians 9:6
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap
also bountifully.
Whatever we sow, that is what we shall reap. What kind of seed are you planting? If you sow carrot seeds into the ground you will not reap cucumbers, but big orange carrots. This speaks of the obvious.
What is the gift of God that He is giving you?
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
This gift is the best ever. First, He gives us Jesus Christ, His Son and now we are given eternal life through this gift of salvation. We may never have another gift even close to the quality of this one. This one lasts forever!
We may sow eternity into the hearts of others while they reap what you sow by giving them Jesus! Jesus is absolutely the best gift! He gives us eternity after God the Father gave us the cross. It is a surefire way to go to heaven and be with Jesus in God's plan.
