I Dig This

Deu 8:7-9 MKJV (7) For Jehovah your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills, (8) a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey, (9) a land in which you shall eat bread without want. You shall not lack any thing in it. It is a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

Promised Land living! A time when all of your provision is made and 'you have no lack'! Wow that is AWESOME! We talk about it a lot. Drinking out of wells we didn't dig and eating from vineyards we didn't plant. Mmmmm....

But that's our 'provision'. What about wealth? What if we want to be provided for, AND we want a little extra? Is that wrong for a Christian?

God isn't against you getting a little extra in the Promised Land. On the contrary, He is into 'abundance'. But, there's a small price to pay. You have to dig.

It's a land whose stones are iron, but you have to mine them, and then smelt them. There is a little sweat involved. Is copper more your gig? You don't have to steal it here. But you do have to find it, dig it up, and then you can make rolls of pennies out of it.

The blessing of God is so abundant! We feel guilty if we want a little extra. But He owns the cattle of a thousand hills! He has 'riches in Glory'! It can't be wrong to have a little! He has placed it before us to work for, which - by the way - is a far cry from the cursed land. The cursed land is a place where people have mined for years, but have never found a prize. The cursed land is a land where people toil and sweat for a paltry sum, and then they place it in a bag with holes. Seek the Promised Land! God intended it for all of us!

Dry Spells

There are 7 high holy days instituted by God that He declared as His 'moedim', or appointed times. These revolve around rains and harvest. There are 4 spring feasts and 3 fall ones.

The last of the spring feasts is Pentecost. Pentecost, as most church-goers know - was a time when the Spirit of God fell in power upon the believers of the Acts church. But more than that, it represented the 'rain' of the Spirit falling upon all believers to empower them for their holy commission of spreading the Gospel.

But then there is this interesting time between the rain of Pentecost and the rain of Ingathering... called... summer. It's long. It's hot. It's DRY.

Ever have those dry times? You should know that it's part of the season. Don't be alarmed.

My pastor has said more than once... it's during these times that the water is there, you just have to dig a little to get it. Hallelujah for shovels! Yes, there is an early and a latter rain, but in the middle when it seems like there's nothing doin'... get your shovel.