Own your vine/own your vision
A vinedresser considers many things.
She knows the seed she wants to plant.
She understands the importance of grafting. It is for the salvation of her vine.
She knows the land she wants to plant it in. She has considered a field.
She knows the elements of the air that will bring it flavor. The fragrance of the atmosphere
She has water rights.
She has a great irrigation system.
She understand the importance of a support system for her growing vines
She knows the enemy/enemies to her grapes. Bird of prey, little foxes, pestilence.
She knows when to harvest and when to wait. She even lets fruit fall to the ground. She will even thin the cluster for the health of the grapes.
She knows the importance of being able to reach her fruit. Hand on
She has a store house while she waits for the fruit to mature.
She has prepared for the long haul of being a vinedresser.
Psalm 80 Mentions Joseph and the Israelites.
Genesis 49:22 22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall
Is 5: The song of the Vineyard is the process of a vinedresser planting a vineyard and is compared to planting or the cultivating of people.
The Bible is clear about the reference of a vineyard compared to growing the kingdom of God. Is compares us to being cultivated, wild, grafted, planted, pressed, being shade, new wine, old wine. Wine being an offering, and the cost of growing a vineyard… The Kingdom of heaven is like…
Matthew 20:1-2 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard. (Eleventh hour Christian)
Matthew 21:33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. (The reference of the Pharisees killing Jesus and the promise given to of salvation given to anybody )43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
We must understand the cost of planting a vineyard. To many times people have caused themselves unnecessary pain and heartache because of their zeal outweighed wisdom. Half cocked and many times ill prepared. There is a cost
Luke 14 the Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.
34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.
“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
Luke 9
57 Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”
58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
59 Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”
But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”
61 And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.”
62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
My first lesson on pursuing God and leaving my parents was when we moved to Renton from Oregon. My Dad has always been sick, so I was always afraid something was going to happen to him while I was away. The Holy Spirit used this verse to help me understand the importance of “leaving” to follow Him
The most important part about considering our vision before we plant it is:
Have we considered these costs?
Do you know the price of ministry?
Do you know the sacrifice of leadership?
Have you paid for ill planning of a vineyard/vision?
Are you prepared for self denial?
Farmers have no vacation…
That being said.
Do you know these rewards?
Do you know the joys of seeing a vision come to pass?
Do you know the thrill of seeing fruit from you sacrifice?
Do you know the pleasure of passing a baton?
Do you know freedom of selflessness?
Do you know what true rest feel like because you ran hard?
Its time to write our vision down. Habakkuk 2:1-3
I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. The Just Live by Faith2 Then the LORD answered me and said:
“ Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. NKJV
1 What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I’ll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint. 2-3And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time The Message
We all have our own vine our own vision, our own ministry to care for
Micah 4:4 Everyone will sit under their own vine
and under their own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
for the LORD Almighty has spoken
The dangerous of looking at somebody else’s vineyard and wanting it is a spirit of Jezebel will come forth,
1 King 21 [ Naboth’s Vineyard ] Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria…
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