Coronavirus Lockdown
During this period of self-isolation, you may wonder how you will cope? No fellowship, no meetings, reduced spiritual food whether for comfort, education or exhortation. What can you do? It can be lonely on your own and you may long for the company and encouragement of others.
We have collected a few links which you can access:
Uplook Ministries: http://uplook.tv/
Denver Gospel Hall: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn42Oz2OY9rXJCgYoadEDjA
Seek the Truth: www.seekthetruth.org.uk
Craig Munro: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRJE6BSE_X013k_yYOCacdA
You can also access these videos plus a whole lot of other helps such as Bible Reading Plans and recorded ministry by downloading the Precious Seed App which is available in both the Android and Apple Stores - follow the links below.
If you are a believer, our prayer is that you will stay safe and be built up in your most holy faith at this difficult time. If you are not a believer, please take the situation seriously and realize that God may be speaking to you through these circumstances.
NB. Please note that we (Precious Seed) do not necessarily agree with everything that is said or believed by the speakers but we are happy to bring these links to you as we are sure that you will find some benefit and blessing from them.
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Daily Thought for: 14th June
ELISHA’S CALL
1 Kings 19. 19-21
Elisha was ploughing when he was called by Elijah. God does not call to
His service those who love their ease. Moses was keeping sheep, Exod. 3.
1, Gideon was threshing corn, Judg. 6. 11, Elisha was ploughing, v. 19,
the disciples were mending nets, Matt. 4. 21, and Matthew was at the seat
of custom, Mark 2. 14. God calls into His service those who are faithful
in the everyday duties of life and the service of Christ has no room for
idlers.
Elisha was a farmer in a big way for he was ploughing with twelve yoke
of oxen. He must have had labourers working with him. When he decided to
follow Elijah he relinquished good prospects; a sacrifice was involved.
What God wants are those who are ready to follow the path of His beloved
Son who ‘sold all that He had’, Matt. 13. 45, 46. For Elisha it also meant
breaking away from home and natural ties; cf. Luke 9. 59, 60; Matt. 10.
37; Luke 14. 26. He had one petition only—he would take leave of his parents
and receive their blessing, and then he would follow. Elijah agrees, but
Elisha must return soon, considering the greatness of the project before
him. The exigencies of the divine call supersede human duties.
The Lord Jesus also called men to follow Him, Matt. 4. 18-21; John. 1.
43; Matt. 8. 19-22. Here the difference between the Master and the servant
is apparent. The Lord’s call to immediate obedience is more peremptory
than that of Elijah. He commands directly, ‘Follow Me’, whilst Elijah suggests
it by the symbolic action of his cloak. The Lord allows of no delay even
to perform the last duties to a parent’s memory, whereas Elijah allowed
Elisha to take farewell of his parents before entering upon the prophetic
life. The greater urgency of the Lord is proportional to His unspeakably
higher and more imperative claim, and to the essential difference between
the person of the prophet and the Redeemer. Elisha’s response was wholehearted.
Like Levi he celebrated his call by a feast, Luke 5. 29. In so doing he
destroyed the temptation to go back to his former life. Just as the disciples
left nets and boats, so he slays ‘a yoke’ of the oxen with which he has
been ploughing, makes the feast for his friends, and then leaves all to
become the servant of Elijah.
Daily Thought for: 14th June
ELISHA’S CALL
1 Kings 19. 19-21
Elisha was ploughing when he was called by Elijah. God does not call to
His service those who love their ease. Moses was keeping sheep, Exod. 3.
1, Gideon was threshing corn, Judg. 6. 11, Elisha was ploughing, v. 19,
the disciples were mending nets, Matt. 4. 21, and Matthew was at the seat
of custom, Mark 2. 14. God calls into His service those who are faithful
in the everyday duties of life and the service of Christ has no room for
idlers.
Elisha was a farmer in a big way for he was ploughing with twelve yoke
of oxen. He must have had labourers working with him. When he decided to
follow Elijah he relinquished good prospects; a sacrifice was involved.
What God wants are those who are ready to follow the path of His beloved
Son who ‘sold all that He had’, Matt. 13. 45, 46. For Elisha it also meant
breaking away from home and natural ties; cf. Luke 9. 59, 60; Matt. 10.
37; Luke 14. 26. He had one petition only—he would take leave of his parents
and receive their blessing, and then he would follow. Elijah agrees, but
Elisha must return soon, considering the greatness of the project before
him. The exigencies of the divine call supersede human duties.
The Lord Jesus also called men to follow Him, Matt. 4. 18-21; John. 1.
43; Matt. 8. 19-22. Here the difference between the Master and the servant
is apparent. The Lord’s call to immediate obedience is more peremptory
than that of Elijah. He commands directly, ‘Follow Me’, whilst Elijah suggests
it by the symbolic action of his cloak. The Lord allows of no delay even
to perform the last duties to a parent’s memory, whereas Elijah allowed
Elisha to take farewell of his parents before entering upon the prophetic
life. The greater urgency of the Lord is proportional to His unspeakably
higher and more imperative claim, and to the essential difference between
the person of the prophet and the Redeemer. Elisha’s response was wholehearted.
Like Levi he celebrated his call by a feast, Luke 5. 29. In so doing he
destroyed the temptation to go back to his former life. Just as the disciples
left nets and boats, so he slays ‘a yoke’ of the oxen with which he has
been ploughing, makes the feast for his friends, and then leaves all to
become the servant of Elijah.
Daily Thought for: 14th June
ELISHA’S CALL
1 Kings 19. 19-21
Elisha was ploughing when he was called by Elijah. God does not call to
His service those who love their ease. Moses was keeping sheep, Exod. 3.
1, Gideon was threshing corn, Judg. 6. 11, Elisha was ploughing, v. 19,
the disciples were mending nets, Matt. 4. 21, and Matthew was at the seat
of custom, Mark 2. 14. God calls into His service those who are faithful
in the everyday duties of life and the service of Christ has no room for
idlers.
Elisha was a farmer in a big way for he was ploughing with twelve yoke
of oxen. He must have had labourers working with him. When he decided to
follow Elijah he relinquished good prospects; a sacrifice was involved.
What God wants are those who are ready to follow the path of His beloved
Son who ‘sold all that He had’, Matt. 13. 45, 46. For Elisha it also meant
breaking away from home and natural ties; cf. Luke 9. 59, 60; Matt. 10.
37; Luke 14. 26. He had one petition only—he would take leave of his parents
and receive their blessing, and then he would follow. Elijah agrees, but
Elisha must return soon, considering the greatness of the project before
him. The exigencies of the divine call supersede human duties.
The Lord Jesus also called men to follow Him, Matt. 4. 18-21; John. 1.
43; Matt. 8. 19-22. Here the difference between the Master and the servant
is apparent. The Lord’s call to immediate obedience is more peremptory
than that of Elijah. He commands directly, ‘Follow Me’, whilst Elijah suggests
it by the symbolic action of his cloak. The Lord allows of no delay even
to perform the last duties to a parent’s memory, whereas Elijah allowed
Elisha to take farewell of his parents before entering upon the prophetic
life. The greater urgency of the Lord is proportional to His unspeakably
higher and more imperative claim, and to the essential difference between
the person of the prophet and the Redeemer. Elisha’s response was wholehearted.
Like Levi he celebrated his call by a feast, Luke 5. 29. In so doing he
destroyed the temptation to go back to his former life. Just as the disciples
left nets and boats, so he slays ‘a yoke’ of the oxen with which he has
been ploughing, makes the feast for his friends, and then leaves all to
become the servant of Elijah.
