THE IMPACT OF A WEEPING HAND ON A LOST SOUL

 "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him". - Psalms  126:5-6

“When I was in Boston I used to attend a Sunday school class, and one day I recollect my teacher came around behind the counter of the shop I was at work in, and put his hand upon my shoulder, and talked to me about Christ and my soul. I had not felt that I had a soul till then. I said to myself, ‘This is a very strange thing. Here is a man who never saw me till lately, and he is weeping over my sins, and I never shed a tear about them.’ I don’t remember what he said, but I can still feel the power of that man’s hand on my shoulder tonight.” - (Culled from "History of American Revivals", Frank Grenville Beardsley)

Few days ago, while reading the above conversion story of the renowned Evangelist L.D.Moody, two powerful scriptures in Jude 1:23 and Psalms 126:5-6 flashed through my mind. These scriptures reechoes some of the salient kingdom principles for reaching and winning lost souls. i.e  the weeping and pulling principles. As a woman cannot give birth without travailing, so a Christian cannot win souls without intense prayer (weeping). It is only the weeping hands that can pull hell bound souls into the path of life. The depth of our prayer for lost soul determines the genuineness and magnitude of our harvest (Mark 3:27). There is no doubt that a prayerless and unburdened Christian / Sunday School Teacher/Minister/Pastor/Evangelist will be barren in life.

"And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh" - Jude  1:23 

Friends, God is still in the business of pulling souls out of the fire. He is still putting His hands on the shoulders of lost souls in this generation. Will you allow Him to empower you and use your hands to save another L.D. Moody in your generation? Unfortunately, many hands that God wants to use today are polluted or defiled. Many of those hands are still busy fiddling with sins while some are folded like a statue in the church. They have refused to join the workforce. Some of the working hands only want to be counting offerings and singing chorus in church while multitudes out there are in danger of hell fire every day. They never pray, follow up or reach out to lost souls. Please be sincere with yourself. Which category do you belong to? Are your hands and knees available for the end-time harvest of souls or are you too busy for the kingdom business?

One short but very powerful song that summarises the kingdom principles for the end-time harvest  highlighted in Psalms 126:5-6, is titled "Bringing in the Sheaves".

BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES by Knowles Shaw, 1874

Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,

Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;

Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,

We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Refrain:

       Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,

       We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves;

       Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,

       We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows,

Fearing neither clouds nor winter’s chilling breeze;

By and by the harvest, and the labor ended,

We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master,

Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves;

When our weeping’s over, He will bid us welcome,

We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

It is my prayer that God will give us genuine burden and passion for lost souls. As we weep (pray) for lost souls and reachout to them, the Holy Spirit will convict sinners of their sins and bring them in like sheaves into the kingdom. And when the season of weeping and pulling on earth is over, our Commander shall bid us "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:23). Thereafter, our season of unending joy and celebration with the Chief Shepherd shall begin in Jesus name .

Good day and God bless you.

Maranatha!

Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo

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