God Is Working

by Boyd Bailey

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We don't always understand how or where God is at work, but we can be confident that His Spirit is on the move.
This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. Mark 4:26-27

God’s work is not rushed or rattled. He quietly gets things done. While man sleeps, the Lord neither sleeps nor slumbers. The effective work of the Holy Spirit is not bound by human efforts. Indeed, the Spirit softens the heart so when the word of God is sown it grows. There is a divine dynamic taking place that may seem delayed in its outcome. For example, those who hide hymns in their precious hearts as children will hear music in their ears as teenagers.

We do not always understand how or where God is at work, but we can be confident that His Spirit is on the move to grow His kingdom. He is at work in your work: since you have sown seeds of integrity, He has harvested a culture of honesty. He is at work in your single adult life: since you have sown seeds of purity, He has harvested a relationship of respect. He is at work in your finances: since you have sown seeds of generosity, He has harvested a heart of joy.

Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. Psalm 126:6

You may feel frustrated by the lack of progress in your personal finances. If so, remain faithful in sowing seeds of wise stewardship because God is at work growing good habits in your giving, saving and spending. Consequences from unhealthy money decisions that took years to accumulate will take time to correct. However, the Lord is working, so surround yourself with wise money managers and loving friends who model generosity. Give your way out of worry.

God is working in the hearts of friends and family who do not know Jesus. Keep sowing a life of love--and one day they may love to know the Lord. As you comfort those whose hearts have been crushed, plant the seed of their need for a Savior. Tragedy makes a mind teachable to spiritual truths. Each day scatter the seed of a committed life to Christ. The Spirit will grow those around you to be more like Jesus. His quiet work never ends; one day it brings a holy harvest.

It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, but the one who makes things grow. 1 Corinthians 3:7