Leaving the Crowd Behind

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    Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. His
    followers came to him and said, "Explain to us the meaning of
    the story about the weeds in the field." Jesus answered, "The
    person that planted the good seed in the field is the Son of
    Man. The field is the world. The good seed are all of God's
    children in the kingdom. The weeds are those people that
    belong to the Evil One (the devil). And the enemy that
    planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the
    end of the world. And the workers that gather are God's
    angels."

                            -- Matthew 13:36-39 (ERV)


KEY THOUGHT:
Jesus leaves the crowd. They will not own him. They will not even be
the source of his greatest or most important ministry the rest of his
life. He will focus on his disciples. They are his work because they
can continue it after him. He will pour himself into shaping them and
preparing them for a life of ministry. Once again Jesus reminds the
disciples that their ministry and his church will live in a real world
where many people do not follow him. In fact, those who don't follow
him are under the rule of Satan to some extent or another (Ephesians
2:1-3). While we are in the world, we are not tied to the world. While
the world may at times offer things that look like authentic faith,
they are nothing more than Satan's deceptive mirages. Our goal is to
make a difference in the lives of those who are in the world and bring
them into the Kingdom of light and prepare them for the day of the
Lord's harvest.


TODAY'S PRAYER:
Most powerful and holy God, help me to understand what is at stake in the lives of people who do not know you as Lord. Please give me a
passion to work with Jesus in liberating them from the bondage under which Satan holds them. Through your Spirit, please stir my passion and my insight and my timing so that I can be used by you to make a difference in the lives of my friends who are not a part of the Kingdom family.

 

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

 

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[godsproperty07]

Jul. 3, 2009 at 11:34 PM

AMEN!! 

You have nothing to do but save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go not only to those that need you, but to those that need you most.....It is not  your buisness to preach so many times, and to take care of this or that society: but to save as many as you can; to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance.----John Wesley