CROP FAILURE

[prophetess m. brignac]

THE VAST MAJORITY OF GOD'S LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN STRIVING AND CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH, THROUGH THE VARIED SEASONS OF "TRYINGS', WEARINESS, LACK, DISCOURAGEMENT, AND THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD, HAVE EXPERIENCED THOSE MOMENTS OF ANGUISH, DISMAY AND FRUSTRATION THAT WERE SO INTENSE, THEY CONTMEPLATED JUST GIVING UP MINISTRY AND RETURNING TOTHEIR "DAY JOBS". THESE ARE THE SEASONS OF DEEP GROANINGS, AND TRAVAIL TO OBEY THE LORD AND WHAT HE HAS CHARGED ONE TO DO, WITHOUT ANY (APPARENT) HELP OR ASSISSTANCE FROM THE LORD. IN EARLY MINISTRY, LEADERS ARE GOING TO, ALMOST ALWAYS, HAVE TO UTILIZE THEIR OWN FINANCES AND SUBSTASNCE TO RUN, AND SUSTAIN THE MINISTRY, UNTIL THE LORD ESTABLISHES A 'STORE HOUSE' AND FILLS THE "BASKETS" OF PROVISON. IN THOSE FORMATIVE YEARS, WHEN THE ZEAL IS STILL FRESH, AND THEY ARE FILLING INVINCIBLE AND THEY ARE FULLY PERSUADED THAT " I CAN RUN THROUGH A TROOP, AND LEAP OVER A WALL!" " I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS', AND NO ONE CAN CONVINCE THEM TO 'TAKE DOWN' FROM IT. THEY SOW AND GIVE, UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO OFFER AS A SACRIFICE, ONLY TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE STACKS OF ACCUMULATED DISCONNECT NOTICES, REPOSSESSION AND "LIEN" THREATS, A BARE CUPBOARD AND A SERIOUS DEFICIT IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT. IT IS HERE THAT THE LEADER REFLECTS UPON THE "FIELD" HE HAS BEEN GIVEN STEWARDSHIP OVER, HIS "FORTY ACRES", AND HE SEARCHES THE SOIL FOR THE 'SEED' HE HAS SO CAREFULLY PLANTED IN THE SOIL, AND THEN REFLECTS ON WHETHER OR NOT HE "IRRIGATED" AND NOURISHED THE SEED THE WAY THE "FARMER'S ALMANAC" (WORD OF GOD) INSTRUCTED HIM TO. AFTER BEING SATISFIED THAT HE HAD METICULOUSLY DONE HIS PART, HE IS STILL FACED WITH THE FACT THAT HIS 'LAND' HAS BECOME HARD, UNPLOWABLE, AND BUG INFESTED. AS HE EXAMINES THE SEED, HE REALIZES THAT INSTEAD OF 'NEW LIFE SPROUTING FORTH' AND GERMINATION, HE CAN ONLY VISUALIZE ROT AND DECAY, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE COVENANT GOD MADE WITH HIM WHEN HE SET HIM OVER HIS VINEYARD. FOR THOSE SEEDS THAT DID MANAGE TO PUSH THROUGH THE BRICK HARD SOIL AND FORM SOME KIND OF A STALK, HE NOTICES THE PRESENCE OF THE 'CANKERWORM', THE 'PALMERWORM' AND THE LOCUST, AND HE BECOMES CRUSHED AND FEELS THAT GOD HAS FORSAKEN HIM, BECAUSE HE POURED HIS LIFE SAVINGS, AND BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO IT! HE'S IN PAIN BECAUSE HE MADE HIS FAMILY WAIT ON BUYING THE NEW HOME THEY NEEDED, AND HIS WIFE HAD TO KEEP DRIVING THE BEAT UP CHEVY THAT IT RAINED INSIDE OF BECAUSE IT WAS SO RUSTY, SO THAT THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY COULD GO ON. SOME WOMAN OF GOD LEFT A 65,000.00/YR. JOB TO SERVE THE LORD, AND AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL SHE COULD PUT HER HANDS ON TO BUILD THE MINISTRY OVER WHICH SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN CHARGE, SHE HAS NO PLACE TO LIVE, AND SHE HAS TO TAKE THE BUS WHEREVER SHE GOES. OR ASK SOMEONE FOR A RIDE!.IN SPITE OF ALL THESE TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES, THERE CAN STILL NOT BE FOUND 10 "FAITHFUL", AND NO ONE IS STRETCHING FORTH THEIR HAND TO OFFER RELEF, EVEN THOUGH MANY ARE AWARE AND IN A POSITION TO DO SO! THEY'VE HUSTLED ALL THE FINANCES THEY CAN TO MAINTAIN THE STORE FRONT OR OTHER MEETING PLACE, NOT FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE TO COME AND BE BLESSED, ONLY TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT STOLEN, AND AN EVICTION NOTICE ON THE DOOR OF THE PLACE THEY HELD SERVICE. THEY LABORED, IN LOVE ,WITH A FEW OF THE LEADERS WHO SHOWED GREAT POTENTIAL, ONLY TO HAVE THEM LEAVE AFTER RECEIVING LICENSURE, SLANDER THEIR GOOD NAME, AND PERSUADE MOST OF THE FEW MEMBERS THEY HAD, TO GO WITH THEM. THIS IS KNOWN AS 'CROP FAILURE", WHEN ONE HAS OBEYED GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER, AND HAS BEEN WATCHFUL, ATTENTIVE, AND CAREFUL WITH WHAT HE'S BEEN ASSIGNED , ONLY TO MANIFEST DESTRUCTION AFTER LABORING, PRUNING, FERTILIZING, THRESHING, AND SAFE GUARDING. THIS "CROP FAILURE" ,USUALLY COMES BY WAY OF "WORD CURSES', WHEN MEN DECLARE THEIR WILL OVER YOUR LIFE OR VISION BY MAKING COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE DECREES SUCH AS " YOU WILL NEVER.....", NOTHING YOU DO WILL AMOUNT TO...". NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO FOLLOW YOU." 'YOU CAN'T.....". "YOU WON'T......" "GOD ISN'T GOING TO BLESS......"! THESE ARE THE CANKERWORMS, PALMERWORMS AND LOCUSTS THAT HAVE CONSUMED MANY A VISION, AND CAUSED MANY A LEADER TO THROW UP THEIR HANDS IN DEFEAT. EVEN NOW, AS I SPEAK, THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE GIVING THE "WORMS' MORE CREDIBILITY AND POWER THAN GOD AND HIS WORD. NEVER A WORD HAS, WAS, OR CAN BE SPOKEN THAT WILL HAVE PREEMINECE OVER WHAT GOD HAS SAID AND WRITTEN IN HIS WORD CONCERNING YOU AND YOUR PREDESTINED PURPOSE!. THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB IS A 'PESTICIDE' AND IT'S THE PURE RIVER OF LIFE THAT WATERS AND NOURISHES AND PROTECTS OUR 'FIELDS"! THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE 'HUSBANDMAN THAT PLANTETH, MUST BE A FIRST PARTAKER" AND IT ALSO SAYS WE ARE TO HAVE LONG PATINCE FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF THE HARVEST. A WISE FARMER LOOKS NOT AT THE "TOP SOIL' OR THE FIRST LAYER OF GROUND, BUT HE PUTS FORTH HIS HAND TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER, TO TEST FOR MOISTURE, AND TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY TANGLED ROOTS, ROCKS OR DEBRIS, PROHIBITING THE REGENRATION OF THE SOWN SEED. IN THE WINTER, WHEN THERE ARE HARD FREEZES, THE FARMERS USED TO SIT UP ALL NIGHT WITH LITTLE OIL BURNERS, TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR HARVEST FROM FROST BITE AND CROP FAILURE. THEY DID WHATEVER WAS REQUIRED, NOT SO MUCH FOR THE SEED, BUT FOR THE PRODUCT THAT THYE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE SEED. THEY WALKED THE ROWS, AND PICKED OFF "BUGS' BY HAND, AND CARRIED BUCKETS OF WATER ALL DAY IF THEY HAD TO, BECAUSSE THEY WERE DETERMINED THAT THERE'D BE NO CROP FAILURE. WHEN CHRIST WAS ENDING HIS EARHTLY MINISTRY,HE SAID TO THE FATHER THAT HE HAD NOT LOST, ANY, THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN UNTO HIM. IN OTHER WORDS HE SAID ' FATHER, I'VE KEPT THEM ALL SAFE FROM 'CROP FAILURE"! CHRIST EXPECTS THIS SAME DILIGENCE. DETERMINATION, SINGLE-MINDEDNESS, AND AGGRESSION IF NEED BE, FOR US TO PRESENT A HEALTHY HARVEST AND RETURN OF ALL THAT HE HAS SOWN INTO THE DIMENSION OF THE EARTH, FROM US. BISHOP, PASTOR, EVANGELIST, PEOPHET, TEACHER, MISSIONARY, ETC., YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO SURRENDER TO CROP FAILURE, NOW, BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE PRIZE!. HE HAS GIVEN YOU ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, AND HE EXPECTS US TO STAND AND STAND THEREFORE, ENDURING "HARDNESS' AS GOOD SOLDIERS! SHARPEN YOUR SWORD, AND THRUST IT INTO THE HARVEST, CUTTING AWAY ALL THAT HINDERS, SUFFOCATES, ROTS, AND CAUSES TO BRING FORTH PREMATURELY. IRRIGATE YOURSELF AND YOUR 'SEED WITH THE WORD OF GOD. TEST YOUR SOIL (FLOCK), WATCH AND PRAY, FREQUENTLY, BECAUSE CROP FAILURE DOES NOT OCCUR OVER NIGHT! WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHILE THE 'PALMERWORM" WAS STILL JUST A 'CATERPILLAR"? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE 'LOCUST" WAS YET IN IT'S COCOON? AS YOU ARE REVIVED BY THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD, SET YOUR FACE LIKE A FLINT WITH A FIRM DETERMINATION TO PERSEVERE, CONQUER, AND PRESENT UNTO THE LORD, A HARVEST WORTHY OF THE KING OF KING'S, AS YOU REBUKE THE DEVIL AND HIS LYING WONDERS OF "CROP FAILURE"!

[Prophetess Christie Williams]

Awesome Word!!!!! Thanks

[R. Henry]

Thanks for the word of encouragement!!