People of MANY languages from every part of the world heard the praises of God in their own languages on Pentecost! And the HARVEST began! The original Jewish Pentecost Festival was a celebration of the first fruit of the harvest! But this was a Spiritual harvest: The Apostle Peter told the people what happened – about Jesus and his resurrection from the dead – and people believed! The young Christian Church had started! Three thousand responded in faith to one sermon - through the power of the Holy Spirit.
How about you? Are you part of the Harvest yet? The first and essential thing is that you are a believer! Jesus remains the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6) and we need to settle that and give our lives to him and surrender to him. We need also to be filled with the Holy Spirit, so that we can become part of the seed sowing process – we need to share our faith. There is nothing more tragic than a Christian who goes underground like a kind of secret agent. I’m afraid that many of us are like that. We don’t tell anyone! If we would only allow the Holy Spirit to really bless us with his power – we will become bold and see the mighty hand of God at work.
The question remains – are you part of the Harvest? There shouldn’t be an empty seat in your church, in your small group at home, or at any time when Christians get together!
People should be coming along to see what’s going on, because of the power working in us!
There should a power and a love through the Holy Spirit that draws them in! After all, as a Spirit filled child of God you should be telling them, exciting them and inviting them! Pentecost is still part of ordinary Christian life! It is time to start thinking, working and celebrating, like harvesters!
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