I want to tell you a story. The past two years of my life have been painful. Beautiful, but painful. Lots of tears. Lots of growth. Lots of sowing. The past few months, I’ve been hoping for my harvest time. My “harvest time” has been a source of hope for me in the darkest of places that I find myself in. I won’t go into a whole lot of detail for time’s sake, but I’ll tell you about it more later. The other day, I met a homeless man named Mississippi Mac. One thing led to another, and he told me that God wanted him to tell me that my harvest time was coming soon. Here I was, coming out of a time of losing some hope in my harvest time. I was losing faith that I was really holding out for something that was real and coming soon. And here was an ordinary man with an extraordinary message that rekindled my dream.
He was a lot like Jesus. Jesus was just an ordinary guy that had a knack for telling stories and building things with his hands. But His message was extraordinary. His message was that He was and is the Son of God. His message was and is that you are His beloved. His child. His favorite. His message was and is brought to bring you life, and to bring it abundantly.
So, amidst your ordinary Tuesday, don’t forget this:
You are made extraordinary because of His love. Because of that, we know that we serve an extraordinary God. He longs to do extraordinary things in our lives. I love living in the spirit of trusting each day could bring something extraordinary. Each day could bring the harvest I have been so eagerly waiting for. For me, every day feels like Christmas Eve. I feel like I’m just hours from something magical. It is the joy of believing like the child you once were. I encourage you to turn your ordinary day into Christmas Eve. All you’ve got to do is trust that you serve an extraordinary God who desires spectacular things for you. He’ll explode every box and every dream you’ve ever had and make it even more grand and beautiful. Merry Christmas, friends.
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So psyched about your harvest time.