Lunar Calendar: July 27
Rich Harvest
Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 27 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.
John 21:3-6: 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered. 6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
The story is told of two very experienced woodcutters. Every day they would go into the woods to cut down trees and chop wood. However, there was a difference in the two woodcutters. One man worked non-stop without taking any time to rest. The second worker was different and took off for an hour each day. It is true that the second worker worked less time; however, at the end of the week they actually chopped the same amount of wood. The woodcutter who worked all day couldn’t understand how the other man could work less time but cut down the same amount of trees and chop the wood. The second woodcutter told him that it was very simple. During his down time, he told him that he was sharpening his axe. Consequently, when he began working again he was able to quickly chop the wood. We have all heard it said, that the meaning of life for a human being doesn’t just mean we work hard, but that we need the Lord’s wisdom to live our lives. As Christians, yes, we work hard, but hard work is not enough. That doesn’t mean that we will necessarily succeed.
In the same way, I hope that more people can trust Jesus and enter the kingdom of God, because they cannot depend on their own strength. We need to ask the Lord for wisdom before we begin our work. We believe that when we don’t rely on ourselves, we put our trust in the spiritual axe. That is to say, when talking about spirituality, we have a lot of training. Then we also know, like Peter, that we will cast our nets in the right place. Then we will definitely have a good harvest.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, we thank you. Once again we place the more than 200,000 relatives and friends in our nation who have not yet believed in Jesus, into your hands. Please enable us to see a great spiritual harvest. We pray that your grace and mercy will be poured out on them, so that their hearts will be softened and they will be willing to accept the gospel of Jesus. We pray that they will repent and receive forgiveness for their sins. We also pray that you will grant us spiritual wisdom so that we know how to cast our nets in the right place for more people to enter the gospel net. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
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