THE WEEPING AND PULLING OPERATIONS

 "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

"And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; ..." - Jude 1:23 

“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.” -(History of American Revivals, F. G. Beardsley)

While reflecting on the above salvation experience of the renowned Evangelist L.D.Moody, the scriptures above flashed through my mind. These scriptures reechoes two salient kingdom operations required for reaching and winning lost souls -"The Weeping and Pulling Operations". These operations affirms that only the weeping hands can pull hell bound souls into the path of life. The depth of our passion and prayers for lost souls determine the magnitude of our harvest. A Christian cannot win souls without intense prayer (weeping) and an unburdened worker/Sunday School Teacher/Minister will be useless in the hands of God.

Friends, God is still in the business of pulling hell bound souls out of the blazing fire. He is still putting His hands on the shoulders of lost souls in every generation. There are many L.D. Moody out there that are waiting to be rescued from hell. Will you allow God to use your hands to rescue them? Unfortunately, many hands that God wants to use today are defiled. Some hands are folded like a statue since they refused to join the active labourers in the vineyard. Majority of the working hands are monetized believers who are serving with the Gehazi's mentality. The plights of lost souls does not make any sense to them since their own salvation experience is questionable. This is very disturbing! 

"Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell. I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell" - C.T. Studd

Dear friends, please be sincere with yourself. Are you among the available and useful hands in the kingdom today? Can God rely on you to achieve the "8 in 80 for 80 challenge (8 Million souls in 80 days for the 80th birthday of our beloved Daddy G.O - Pastor E. A. Adeboye) before March 2, 2022? 

One very powerful song that summarises these kingdom operations 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.

As we weep for lost souls and reachout to pull them in during the "8 in 80 for 80" challenge, the Holy Spirit will convict sinners of their sins and bring them in like sheaves into the kingdom. And when the weeping and pulling operations on earth is over, our Commander shall bid us "Well done, thou good and faithful servant"

Good day and God bless you.

Maranatha!

Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo

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