Reap in Joy

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“Let go of your dreams and acknowledge God in all you do. Trust him to direct your path according to the plans he knows he has for you and, without leaning on your own understanding. And soon you will reap in joy.”

Psalm 126:5
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Karen and I’d had an amazing experience travelling across Israel. We had visited the main holy sites in Jerusalem, sailed on a boat on the Sea of Galilee and gazed across the Jordan River toward the Promised Land as Moses had done from Mount Nebo. Now our trip was nearing its end and we were visiting a small farm on the outskirts of Jerusalem before flying out the next day. “Look across this field,” said our host. “The crop is full and lush despite this arid earth. Water is our most treasured commodity,” he said. “When we sow our seed in the dry season we hope and pray the rains will come and cause a harvest. It is as if every handful of precious grain we throw on the dry ground – grain that could feed our families – is being discarded into the dry dust. This is why we sow in tears. But when the rains come and we reap an abundant harvest we reap in joy.”

The people of God were taken into captivity by the Babylonians around 598 BC. There they lived in distress, longing for Jerusalem. It was as if they, like the farmer’s seed, had been sown into the dry desert sand. They wept. But God had promised his people that he would restore their fortunes and bring them home again. He promised them peace and a future filled with hope saying, “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Seventy years later God’s people rose from the ashes of captivity as Ezra and Nehemiah led them back to the Promised Land.

Perhaps you’re facing a desert moment today. It could be you feel as though your aspirations have been scattered in the dust. Perhaps you sense God has called you to let go of a dream, to sow it, as it were, into the dry earth. Well, here’s God’s word for you today: “I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

So, commit your ways to the Lord. Let go of your dreams and continue to acknowledge God in all you do. Trust him to direct your path according to the plans he knows he has for you and, without leaning on your own understanding. And soon you will reap in joy.

God-tracking is sowing in tears only to reap in joy.

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Psalm 126
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5-6

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“I sow in tears in the certain knowledge that, in your time, I will reap in joy.”

“Heavenly Father, I’m sad to let go of my dreams. I’ve had these ambitions for so long and yet, I feel you are calling me to discard them like a farmer sowing his grain into the dusty ground. So, I sow in tears in the certain knowledge that, in your time, I will reap in joy. I commit my work to you and acknowledge you in every aspect of my life. Lord, I trust you that you will prosper me and not harm me, that you have plans to give you hope and a future. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

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GOD-TRACKING IS RETURNING TO THE SOUND OF HIS WORD

GodTracker 682
The e-devotional helping to keep you on-track with God’s plans for your life
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 “Whatever your plight today, climb out of your mire into the shower of his peace, by calling on the name of your Lord.”

Jeremiah 1:12

Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

“My life was in tatters,” said the woman in the video I was watching. “My husband had left me, and my little girl was in foster care. Drugs and alcohol had wrecked my life and my body.” Helen had grown up in a Christian home and had acknowledged Jesus as Lord in her early teens, but the lure of the world had proved too strong for her. Now destitute and homeless, Helen sat poised to end it all. In final desperation she cried, “God, I give up! Take me!”

Helen’s story is like that of so many who have lost their way after finding the path to faith, hope and love. She’d allowed the flesh to creep in, succumbing to the trap of temptation. Gradually and steadily the devil and his delusions had destroyed a life that had been consecrated to Christ. Helen had lost her way. However, God’s pure Word had found root in her heart and, as always, God was watching over his Word to perform it. The only thing that can obstruct the effect of God’s Word is the self-will of ego. And Helen had allowed her ego to entice her into the mire in which she now sat in.

Instantly a strange and unexplained peace showered Helen’s heart. In her desperation she’d completely surrendered her will to God. Memories of youth began to surface and, over time, God restored her soul. It was a long haul, drudging through circumstances and consequences of bad life choices, but with her eyes on her Saviour, Helen came through.

Scripture says, “Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.” Scripture says, “Acknowledge God in all your ways and he will direct your path.” Scripture says, “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will grant you the desires of your heart.” God’s name is a strong tower. Run back into it today be safe. Whatever your plight climb out of your mire and into the shower of his peace, by calling on the name of your Lord.

God-tracking is returning to the sound of his Word.

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Jeremiah 1:12
Isaiah 55:10-11
Matthew 6:33
Psalm 37:4-6
roverbs 18:10

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY 

Lord, I open my heart to your Word again 

“Dear Lord, I deeply apologise and repent of taking my eyes off you. Forgive me Lord for falling to temptation and ignoring your Word in my heart. Today I call on the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour; I run back into that name! Lord, I open my heart to your Word again. May it rise up within me again and lead me in paths of righteousness. God, I give up! Take me as I am. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS DOING LIFE GOD’S WAY

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GodTracker 605
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28 October 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS DOING LIFE GOD’S WAY

2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Sally was sitting flat on the filthy pavement, her back against the shop window. People streamed passed her on the busy city sidewalk, oblivious to her plight. No one noticed her smudged mascara or the dried tear stains on her cheeks. Sally had nowhere to go; rejected by her lover, thrown out of her apartment, now homeless, penniless and alone. Only 3 months prior Sally was safe and secure in a caring home with her husband and 2 children. Sadly, she’d been led astray by an urge to seek for that elusive, “there’s gotta be more to life than this”. Dissatisfied with what she had, she’d left her husband a note, drew their life savings and set off on an adventure to explore the world. Now it was all gone. She sat there alone, longing to fill her stomach with at least the scraps from her dear husband’s plate. “O Lord, I have failed you,” she said between sobs, “I am deeply sorry.”

Sally knew Jesus. She had committed her heart to him in Sunday School as a child. She and her husband had attended a wonderful family friendly church, back home. However, she had become dissatisfied with that same-old routine, day after day and week after week. Discontentment has a way of clouding our judgement. Sally had abandoned her security, her family and even her faith to fulfil a craving for the alternative life. She thought she could make it rich. How she had discovered that she could not do life on her own or in her own way. There is nothing more to live for but to humbly repent and seek God’s will again. Sally dragged herself up to her feet. “Perhaps if I can just get to the train station, God will help me find my way home.”

So many of us think we can make it on our own. Perhaps not as severe as this little story today, but we all, one way or another, often abandon all reason – and God’s will – trying to do life our way. This is folly. There is no way I can do my life any other way, with any meaningful purpose, than to do it God’s way. The scriptures tell us to acknowledge God in all our ways and he will make our paths straight. Scripture tells us to humble ourselves before the Lord and he will lift us up. God knows your past from your future and he knows how to fit everything else in, in-between. If you’ve acknowledged him as Lord, then he is the author of your life.

God-tracking is doing life God’s way

Fix your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

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Luke 15:11-32
1 Timothy 6:6-10
Proverbs 3:5-6
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Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Help me to return to the place where I left this track, so that I can continue to live content within your will

Pray
“Dear Lord, I’m at my wits end. Please forgive me for taking my eyes off you and seeking to do life my own way. I’ve made a mess of it. I realise now that the only way to do things is to do them your way. Forgive me for stepping out of your will. I make a U-turn now and reaffirm that you are my Lord and my guide. I acknowledge you in all my ways again and trust you to direct my life’s paths. I seek first your will – your kingdom and your righteousness – and trust that everything else in life will fall into place. Help me to return to the place where I left this track, so that I can continue to live content within your will. Amen."

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His word calls us to seek his will by acknowledging him in all our ways and tracking this plans in faith.

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