Don't you love farming? I think the Bible does. Genesis states that God put mankind in the Garden to work it. The book of Proverbs contrasts the diligent farmer with the sluggard. James compares the farmer's patience to our waiting for the coming of the Lord. And Jesus used farming parables to teach us about the growth of the kingdom of God. I love Deut. 28:12: "The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands." And boy, has he blessed. Tonight we worked on baling the last of our 12 major fields.
The bales then had to be put up in the barns.
But while we are the laborers, the Bible emphasizes that blessings and harvests ultimately come from God. It all belongs to him. We are merely the stewards of his bounty.
Tomorrow, Lord willing, begins our second cutting of the season. Tomorrow also begins a new day of opportunity for you. May God help all of us to be diligent and faithful in our service and ministry for Christ!