FROM THE CLOUD TO THE HARVEST FIELD. By Pastor Fernando

Scripture:
I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one "like a son of man" with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Revelation 14:14-16

Observation:
John describes a vision of one wearing a crown of gold on his head and a sickle in his hand. This picture is rare because royalty are the ones wearing crowns, but royalty never goes out with sickles to harvest. That’s the job of the servants. However, things are different in the kingdom of God. The ones harvesting are the ones with regalia. And as the divine prince goes out and harvests the earth, there’s a sense of right doing. The one seating in the cloud has no problem in jumping form the fluffy comfort of the cloud into the fields of ripe harvest.

Application:
One of the greatest blessings we receive when we restore our relationship with God is our identity as coheirs with Christ. With salvation comes a restoration of the royal dignity God created human beings to bestowed for eternity. The Lord himself promises a crown of glory over our heads as we continue walking and persevering in His ways. But with the crown also comes a sickle. With the blessing also comes a responsibility to have our eyes set on the harvest of the earth. The harvest of the earth is being prepared to the coming day when the sickle will be swung. We need to have readiness and sense of emergency towards investing in the harvest. People all around us are the harvest and they need to be prepared so they are ripe when harvesting time comes.

We need to be very intentional about the harvest. Do we enjoy the comfort of the fluffy clouds too much that we forget about the harvest fields? Do we polish our golden crowns with so much diligence that we forget that our sickles need to be sharpen as well? What are we doing in a regular basis to be in the harvest, to plant seeds, to water the hearts, and to endure in raising the crops? Part of our identity as royal children of God is to be servants in the harvest. I must never forget that!

Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much for calling me to be part of your kingdom as both, royalty and harvester. Please help me to enjoy the clouds and crowns, but never to forget that there’s a sickle in my hand as well. Let my life be about the harvest. Let my family be about the harvest. Let our church be about the harvest. Give us a passion for the lost and for the process that will help people around us to become ready for the harvesting time. Amen!