Shan Dai Advocacy

Ecclesiastes

March 23, 2007 on 12:59 pm | In His First Bible, Old Testament, PrayerGrams |

Living their days under the sun in an agricultural environment, the Shan Dai people can be great learners of what the Teacher has to say about seasons. There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven. May this be their season for learning about God. The list of activities under heaven begins with, “A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest” (Ecclesiastes 3:2). All things start with birth and before we can teach, we need to have learned. Yet sometimes it is while teaching that we learn the most. Although Shan Dai teachers have yet to read in their own language the wisdom found in the book of Ecclesiastes, they do have seasons of life, and they, like all of us, have eternity that God has planted in the hearts of people. Lord, we pray that what You have planted within us will flourish and be like rice that multiplies in the harvest. We seek today to purposefully slow down our pace and intentionally live with You in this present season. For the Shan Dai, rice planting season comes around up to three times a year. It is a hard, back-breaking kind of labor. Father, please plant Your truth and hope in their hearts even as they now plant rice one blade of bright green at a time. The wet rice fields are scattered with farmers, possible future teachers of Your Kingdom for the Shan Dai nation. What a wonderful classroom for sharing Your love.