One book of the Bible that really surprised me when I began studying it this way was Jeremiah. You might not think there would be much in that book that applies to us today. But the more time I’ve spent in it, the more I’ve realized it’s full of revelation.
Revelation about what? you might wonder.
About faithfulness, for one thing. That’s an area where Jeremiah excelled. When it came to being faithful, he was a lot like the Apostle Paul. He kept preaching God’s Word, regardless of the cost. He got thrown into a dungeon. He faced threats to his life. People repeatedly refused to listen to his message, but he kept preaching it anyway. He refused to quit. He kept obeying God and stayed faithful to his calling.
What I’ve learned from Jeremiah has helped me tremendously. His example has inspired me to keep doing what God has called me to do, even when it seemed hard. The seeds of revelation I’ve planted in my heart from the book of Jeremiah in times past are still growing in me and bearing fruit today. They continue to produce harvests of faithfulness in my life.
No Limitations!
Think about what kind of harvest you want to reap in your life. Do you want a bigger harvest of the fruit of the spirit? Do you want a harvest of healing and financial abundance? Do you want a big crop of victory over the world and the devil and a big harvest of souls for the kingdom of God?
Then keep planting in your heart what the Word says about those things. Don’t quit just because you don’t immediately see results. Continue in the Word. For as Jesus said in Mark 4:26-29: “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.”
If you keep following the example of the man who casts seed into the ground, results are guaranteed. In due season, things will begin to happen. The Word will grow up on the inside of you, produce a crop and you’ll get to reap your harvest.
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