God’s Word Does Not Return Empty
October 8, 2009 by WebPastor
Filed under Weekly Words
Dear friends,
Here in Indonesia, the rain has come again. While it can be a real inconvenience sometimes, the rain serves a necessary purpose for which we can be thankful. The routine showers are needed to help our trees, flowers, and crops flourish. Without them, not only our plants, but civilization itself would begin to die!
God tells us his Word is like rain. We need a regular supply of it! And when it comes, it helps us grow. In fact, it brings life, for it is in the Word that we learn about Jesus Christ who can make us ready for eternity with God. So when you see the rain coming down today, remember, like the plants, you need nourishment too. Nourishment that comes when you open your Bible and let his message pour out!
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it” (Is. 55:10-11).
Your servant,
Stephen
Rev. Stephen St. John
Pastor/Elder