As promised, I am back to give you an idea of how I am working to integrate the Gospel into my every day life. What this is, is a perception and interpretation that I have on scripture and how it was written. I am by no means forcing my opinions onto yourselves and saying that you have to do what I do. You have to decide personally for yourselves how you interpret scripture and how to best incorporate it into your life.
Many that know me, know that I am an 'out of the box' thinker. I don't like to do what everyone else is doing, just because they are doing it. I dare to be different, for all the right reasons of course. In the spring of 2007, for reasons I do not remember, I was brought the the scripture passage of Leviticus 25:1-7, which states,
"The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. The Sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired worker and the sojourner who lives with you, and for your cattle and for the wild animals that are in your land: all its yield shall be for food."
Keeping in mind that this is OT Law. Since Christ came to fulfill the OT Law, the above is not a necessary practice that has to be implemented today. Or does it? There are parts of the OT Law that aren't specifically fulfill in the NT. So, my mind got thinking, what would happen if I could implement this principle into farming practices to use to witness the Gospel to the farming community around me? After six years of prayer, research, and a lot of talking to others; it is becoming reality.
Not sure how much ya'll know about modern day agriculture and crop farming. In a nut shell the industry has become greatly dependent on chemicals to grow crops; thus causing degrading effects in the landscape around.
What I have developed is a seven year crop rotation that is without chemicals. Also, within this rotation there will be one year that the land is set aside and will not be planted with any seed. It will be a rest period for the land, following the principle in Leviticus. This does create more than normal risk, as I will still be paying rent for the land, yet I will not be gaining any monetary profit off the land for that year.
What are you doing to further implement the Gospel into your everyday life? Becoming that disciple of Christ who brings scripture into all parts of life and not just on Sunday mornings.
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