Work Diligently and Hope
“Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
John 4:36-38 (ESV)
Farmers perform tasks at appropriate times and then wait on factors that are not in their control. Their diligence does not control the weather, send or prevent rain, or set the temperatures. Instead, the farmer works diligently and hopes.
Likewise, we work diligently and hope. Many factors go into the harvest about which we have little to nothing to do. The predictions of what weather is to come cannot affect or preparation for the ideal
.
Over time, those who remain diligent will see abundant harvests and have enough to carry them through the lean years. Our job is to remain diligent in preparing for the time when the right conditions will produce an abundant harvest. If we concentrate on our role and are satisfied with it, we will be satisfied with the life God has given us.
John 4:36-38 (ESV)
Farmers perform tasks at appropriate times and then wait on factors that are not in their control. Their diligence does not control the weather, send or prevent rain, or set the temperatures. Instead, the farmer works diligently and hopes.
Likewise, we work diligently and hope. Many factors go into the harvest about which we have little to nothing to do. The predictions of what weather is to come cannot affect or preparation for the ideal
.
Over time, those who remain diligent will see abundant harvests and have enough to carry them through the lean years. Our job is to remain diligent in preparing for the time when the right conditions will produce an abundant harvest. If we concentrate on our role and are satisfied with it, we will be satisfied with the life God has given us.
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