The wheat grain
Dear reader
It is summer. My eyes sweep over a wide cornfield. Spikes ripen in warm sunlight and are soon ready for harvest. The farmer waits patiently until he can bring in his harvest.
As Jesus and his disciples walked through a grain field, they plucked heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and satisfied their greatest hunger with the kernels. It's amazing what a few kernels can do! Later, Jesus said to the apostles, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." (Mt 9,37).
You, dear reader, look with me over the cornfield and know, there is a big harvest, which is associated with a lot of work. I would like to encourage you to believe that you are a valuable worker in God's harvest and at the same time belong to the harvest. They have the opportunity to pray for the workers and to succeed as well as to serve themselves. If you like Focus Jesus, give this magazine to an interested person or subscribe to it. So she can participate in the pleasures that inspire you. Perform your mission with unconditional love and follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Jesus, the living bread from heaven, satisfies the hunger of every breadless man.
The farmer is master of the entire harvest and determines the right time for it. A grain of wheat—to which we may compare ourselves—falls to the earth and dies. But it is not over. From a single grain grows a new ear of grain that bears much fruit. “Whoever loves their life loses it, and whoever hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (Joh 12,25).
With this perspective, you most certainly look to Jesus, who has preceded you to the death. Through his resurrection he gives you in his grace the new life.
Recently, we celebrated Pentecost, the first harvest festival. This feast bears witness to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit over the believers. Like the men and women of that time, today we may proclaim that anyone who believes in the resurrected Jesus, the Son of God, as his Redeemer is part of that first harvest.
Toni Püntener
