This year’s peach harvest
It’s great fun to be able to see fruit from your labor. We planted a peach tree about 5 years ago, and we are finally getting a taste of a reward.
Spiritual fruit can be longer in coming. I was thinking of the ministry here in Japan, and it seems that God brings certain individuals into our church group, one at a time. We pour into one lady for several months; then God brings one man who is interested in learning more about how to live for the Lord. We are learning the value of ONE. How worthwhile is it to reach just one person? Sometimes we wonder. Yet if you were the one to benefit, I think you’d agree that even one person counts!
Right now, we have a faithful lady who just began attending our Sunday morning Bible study. She listens closely to our study on Our Identity in Christ. She has questions, and her junior high son has some, too. There’s also a man who attends Norman’s discipleship group on Saturday mornings. He desires to grow in his faith and practice, and has been taking steps to lead his family toward Christ. We’ve seen growth in our son, Cameron, too. He has been meeting weekly with a friend, studying the Bible together. Cameron told us last week that he wants to be baptized. We are thrilled with what God is doing!
Galatians 6:9 encourages us “not to grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Perhaps, in our lifetime, we will never know what our harvest will look like. But God is keeping the record! Let’s keep on being obedient, doing good as we find opportunity, and loving God with all our hearts!
