Harvest Time
The harvest is past, the summer is ended (Jeremiah 8:20) Harvest time. What a satisfying season of the year. Planting and tilling, watering and weeding have ended. The sun no longer relentlessly beats down and hot winds have ceased sucking away vital moisture. Fruits of our labor hang ripe and ready on the vine, or set in colorful rows on pantry shelves. Gardening, with its plowing and sowing, weeding and hoeing presents a portrait of life. However, in life we may see little or no fruit yielding from our efforts. At such times, it is helpful to remember that for us, harvest season has not yet come. God will not forget the things we do on His behalf. A time is coming when our efforts will cease as the Master returns to take His laborers home: Behold, I am coming quickly, and my reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. (Revelation 22:12). Jesus often used stories about things here on Earth to ...