PRAYER: Lord, grow my passion to sow the seeds of the gospel generously. You have brought me here for a reason. Show me what You would do through me. Help me to sow eternal seeds for Your kingdom in order to be a part of your great harvest.
DAY 3 - READ 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6
When a church has a capital campaign, many people have similar questions. What are we building? What will the building look like? What amount of debt is involved? What is the benefit to me or my family? What is being asked of me? All of those “what” questions are understandable, but they are the least important questions to ask. In this campaign, the most important question is not what, but WHY. Why did we expand facilities? Why are we expanding ministries? Why are we willing to invest so much into our ministry? Why is our church here? Why am I here?
Our desire at CBC is not to build structures just to have a nice building or expand ministries to simply be a bigger church. Rather, we give our lives to a God-given purpose, a higher calling. Our ministries help prepare the soil of our hearts to receive the seeds that God plants in our lives. We are planting seeds in order to reap the great, eternal harvest.
The agricultural reference of sowing and reaping appears throughout Scripture. We sow the seeds of the gospel everywhere we go. As a farmer knows, the seed must be sown generously in order to receive the blessings of a great harvest. Our desire is to sow the seeds of the gospel generously and grow in our faith as we lead our friends and family to become disciples of Christ.
Like seeds, we grow together spiritually as we study God’s Word, serve one another in our ministries, and bear fruit through the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The seeds of the gospel conform us to His likeness. The harvest comes as non-believers give their lives to Christ, we see lives transformed, and we are sanctified to become more like Christ. The resources raised provide the necessary space and tools to help us gather together to worship, grow, and serve. Once we become equipped together, we seek to change lives as we scatter to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
ACTION ITEM
As you think about gathering as a church to worship, grow, and serve together, make a list of why this is important. How do you believe people will be blessed and changed through the ministries of Calvary Bible Church? When you focus on the why question, how important do these ministries and activities become to you? How are you sowing seeds in order to be a part of the great, eternal harvest?