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In a couple of days, it will be all over. Whatever didn't come to pass in 2008, this new year holds all promises for fulfillment of God given dreams and prophecies.
We have reached out to the poor and the needy, and they came.
We went to the children's home, and they came.
We sent cards and e-mails to the sick, and they were touched.
We called the backsliders and prayed for them, and they were touched.
We had visitors, new ones, returning ones, neighbors, co-workers, friends, family members...
And Jesus was pleased.
We had great picnics, camp outs, bonfires, plays, dramas, activities, outreaches, fellowship meetings, pot lucks, kid stuff, youth stuff, formal deals, informal deals, same things, new things...
We invested our time and money, we worshiped, we prayed, we fasted...
And Jesus was watching.
Did we forget something? Did we not see what was right there? Did we miss something?
There is a hunger and a desperation in my soul to see new faces, faces of new babes in Christ, planting their feet deep.
New babes drinking at the springs of Living Water.
I believe that Revival is ours, it is God's will, and it is high time.
I believe that 2009 can be the greatest year for the church, for the harvest is ready.
But we must look deep inside and see what God sees.
There is a cost, I must count it. There is a Divine plan, I must know it.
If not here, where? If not now, when? If not me, who?
The year of the harvest... I want to be a laborer... will You send me?
