Pam Ward's Testimony

Months ago, on a Sunday morning, when it was first announced that a revival was scheduled for March, something quickened in my spirit. I knew God was in this.

In the days, weeks and months following, God has pointed me to the altar area of our sanctuary. He is comparing it to a garden. The soil is rich and capable of growing a crop and producing a good harvest. But I believe God has said that this fertile soil has lain fallow too long. Before it can be tilled and planted, the sod must be broken. Sod is made-up of the matted roots of grasses and must be cut and torn from the surface.

I am not a farmer but I know enough to say that “busting” sod is very hard work. Even so, it is worthwhile, valuable and profitable work, for beneath that sod is rich, fertile soil waiting to be tilled and planted. A crop will grow and this church will reap a spiritual harvest.

I believe the work has already begun, but are the “workers few”? Beth Moore says, when God gives you a handful of seeds, don’t eat them and enjoy a one-time meal for yourself. Plant those seeds and raise a crop that will bless many.

I do not claim to understand, in a spiritual sense, all that this analogy of the garden means. I do know God is speaking to Second Baptist church and He is moving. He intends for us to experience revival. Will you come work in His garden?

Pam Ward