Don't Lose It But Use It Always!

 

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law” (Galatians 6:22-23, ESV).

 

Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

 

Now, I can see the obvious color changing in the field around, I mean, it is the season of harvesting, this month and the next month, a very busy season of the year! So, as a follower of Jesus, how’s your harvesting for the spiritual fruits this year? Are you ready to store them in the Kingdom of heaven or are you ready to share with others on earth as in heaven? 

 

However, unless we grow and mature this year, we might not have much for that and we might not be busy at all for harvesting? But are you busy now?

 

Anyway, in my house, there is an old apple computer sitting in the corner of the basement room, not very busy one because I use it only when I listen to the music. However, this computer has a story. 

 

When it was young about fifteen years ago, I used it always. It means, this computer was very busy for a few years, I mean very productive! However, after I did not use it for a week for my summer vacation, I forgot the key, I mean, the password. I punched all the possible words but no success at all! It means I could not access to my account. I lost everything in there, all of my pastoral works, my sermons and all documents! So, now I access to it as a guest only through the guest account. I own this computer but I am using it as a guest because I don’t have a key, I mean, the password. 

 

Two thousand years ago, people brought a demon possessed boy to Jesus because his disciples were not able to cast out demon from him. Of course, Jesus did that for him right away with compassion. Later on, his disciples asked him, “Jesus, Jesus, why could we not cast it out?”

 

Jesus said, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer” (Mark 9:29, ESV). 

 

In other words, prayer is the right key to save this boy from the demon. Unless they have it, nothing would happen, I mean, the key! Actually, Jesus was the key for his disciples, for their success, because he is the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6).

 

Brothers and sisters in Christ, how about our spiritual journey to the Kingdom of God eternal? Through our journey, God wants us to grow and mature and produce many fruits of the Spirit. God wants us to store all those fruits in the kingdom of heaven and also to share them all on earth as in heaven through harvesting in this season! It is a real successful Christian life, I mean the life that God wants us to have!

 

“Be fruitful and multiply…” (Genesis 1:28b, ESV).

 

What is our right key to hold for that? It is Jesus Christ! So don’t lose it, but use it always!

 

So now I would like to invite you to join us in this harvesting journey in the kingdom of God for our successful life eternally with this key, Jesus Christ! 

 

Grace and Peace,  

Pastor Kyochul