Walking on Thistles

“Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessings of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned...God is not unjust; he will not forget the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:7-10

Oh, how I love this passage which I am not sure if I have ever received in the past. It is experiences like these that validate the principle of God’s word being served fresh each morning.

In each of our lives, God assigns us tracts of land for which we are to plant, harvest and yield. The seeds of circumstance are planted and we are to work the land through our responses. There will be many fellow workers on the same tract for which we are to be useful to each other in traveling through our trials. We are to drink in the rain learning the lessons required in this season and understand that each drop provides the necessary nourishment for growth. The warning comes that IF our land of circumstance produces the thorns and thistles of resentment and bitterness nothing can grow. In the end the land will be useless, the experience will be in vain for the Kingdom and we will not produce the desired purpose for which God intended.

If we produce the crop that God intended He takes it personally as if you have produced that crop just for Him. When we help others based on our own experiences we will be blessed by God as He sees our actions and love to others as love to Him.

We should ask ourselves, ‘Can we walk barefoot on our land or do the thistles stick in our feet’?