“He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.” (Proverbs 28:19 KJV)
Vanity is being promoted intensely in worldly cultures and media. Even governments coax the common man with lotteries to be able to tax the poor and the stupid gambler. The rich and the famous are celebrated as if they represent everyone. There is hardly 1 of them out of a million of the population. They flaunt extravagant living, to make you follow them. They intend to deceive everyone that hard work for honest harvest takes you nowhere. Little did you know, following them you are headed to fall and end up chasing after the wind.
God's system of sowing and reaping by 'tilling the land'- that is cultivating in God's way the gift, skill and talent we are blessed with where we are. It is the sure way to have plenty of 'bread' on our table both physical and spiritual. Sadly, the world is headed the wrong way. Hence, as God's children by grace, with the guidance of God's Word by faith in Christ Jesus, we are to stay grounded and ready in season and out season to fulfill our destiny.
We have a mission. Our charge is the same charge Apostle Paul exhorted Timothy: “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” (2 Timothy 4:1-5 ESV)
And I Say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)
Partners For Christ Ministries, INC
P. O. Box 773716
Ocala, FL 34477
Touching lives in Cambodia, The Philippines, The Middle East, The USA, and... other countries.
And I Say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)
Partners For Christ Ministries, INC
P. O. Box 773716
Ocala, FL 34477
Touching lives in Cambodia, The Philippines, The Middle East, The USA, and... other countries.
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