We Shall Reap, If We Faint Not

Ps 126:5-6; "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.

Ill. Maxie Bulloch won at 1:00am on Thursday night.

In July of 1976, I had returned from attending the National Sword of The Lord soul winning and revival conference in Atlanta, Georgia. It was on a Thursday night and around eleven thirty at night when I arrived at my home in Woodbury. My brother-in-law had called and told me he wanted to get right with the Lord and wanted to talk. So I left my home after getting the message and drove another fourteen miles to their home to pick him up. We decided to ask him to stay the night at our house so that we could talk and pray without interuption.As we left their home we drove through the city of Manchester Georgia, and turned to go through the downtown section. Passing a series of stores on main street I noticed a light on in the store, and heard the sound of a saw running. We turned around and went back and parked in front of the store and I went in to see who was there. A man was crouched down laying wood tile on a stair way. Hi! Anyone here? I ask. With that the man looked up from his work and stared at me.

While he sat on the steps of the stairway I showed this man the simple plan of salvation and ask him to receive Christ as Saviour. He bowed and prayed with me to know the Lord, and was marvelously saved that late night. He is now a deacon of a local Church and has been for many years.

Had I left and gone straight home this soul would not have been saved that night. The harvest came because the seed had been planted and watered, and the harvest came and was reaped.

Don’t give up, keep on keeping on!

Ill. Jack and Martha Hughes.

After going out on visitation one Saturday morning while I was Pastor of Lakeside Baptist Church, I had almost decided to stop visiting because of the weather. (storms, and heavy rains were falling) I prayed and ask the Lord to let someone be at my last stop. As I knocked at the door I heard someone from inside the trailer say, "Be there in a minute." When the door opened I saw a little skinny man and a trailer cluttered with bags of clothes and trash. I introduced myself, as the Pastor of the Church,and this man told me to come and meet his family. I, behind him crawled over the bags to a back room where three little girls and their mother were. She was cooking a box of Macaroni and Cheese for their dinner. I found out later that this was all of the food that they had for the day’s meals, and they ask me to have dinner with them though it was not much. All five of those dear souls received Christ that day and came to our Church, their lives began to change for the better, and God blessed them as a part of His great family. What if I had stopped just one visit short that day? Thank God He has promised to give a harvest to those who will not faint!

(4) If We Faint Not

Dr. Bob Jones Sr. use to often say; "Women faint at the wrong time. The house is on fire and she faints. Then the water hose has to be turned on her and away from the fire."