TRUE SONS OF GOD HAVE THEIR BOOTS ON THE GROUND. - 26

Jesus said in Luke 10:2, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into the harvest."

True sons of God are men of action. They have their "boots on the ground." The kings of old led their armies into battle. They were leaders who never asked a man to do anything they could not or would not do. Today, things happen differently. Leaders direct from overstuffed armchairs in far removed prissy offices, making too many decisions that hinder the battle rather than help. This is what they call leading from behind.

We read in Revelation 19:11-14, "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven FOLLOWED HIM upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." We see Jesus Christ leading His army from the FRONT of the battle.

In Revelation 4:10 we read that He "has made us unto God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." We all love conventions, but unless we get our boots on the ground, nothing gets accomplished. We can talk about mountain climbing until the cows come home, but to conquer that mountain we have to put our boots on the ground and start walking.

The Orange Pickers' parable talks about the great conventions of the orange pickers. They had Orange Pickers manuals, sermons and songs, but with all their great conventions on orange picking, the ground was littered with unpicked fallen fruit!

The harvest was lost for their were no boots on the ground!

Be encouraged.

Colin Campbell

You'll want to read the Parable of the Orange Pickers. Go to: http://bobzehr.com/id35.htm