Playing the Field

Greetings!

Haggai 2: 23 “‘I will take you, O Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, as my personal servant and I will set you… as a sign of my sovereign presence and authority. I’ve looked over the field and chosen you for this work.'” The Message of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. (Message Bible)

When I was younger, a person who did not want to settle down with one girl friend or boy friend was called a person who was “playing the field.” A person who was “playing the field” in essence was a person who wanted to leave his or her options of love open just in case (s)he discovered there was a better choice than the person (s)he was currently dating.

I am glad God is not like us. Here, God tells a man whose name means Seed, that is, product, of confusion that He has looked over His entire field of options and has decided to choose Zerubbabel. Wow! That’s us! How empowering it is to know that God looked at our confused lives, then looked over His entire field (the whole world) of options, and He still chose us.

In John 15: 16 Jesus stated, “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.” (Message Bible)

Once this consecration’s been completed, let’s make sure we become the kind of field that will produce an abundant harvest for our Lord (Mark 4:8, 20).

Bishop Brian C. Greene