October 20
James 5: 7: Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and
hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8: Be ye
also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
We live in a day when society, at least
partly, recognizes that man is the cause of contamination. Our admission to guilt will only go as far as
what we think we can fix. So we see a whole section in the grocery store called
“organically grown.” It means the fruit
was produced by the most pure standards possible: nothing man-made is added to
accelerate growth; nothing man-made is added to kill the pests which would kill
the fruit; the only thing used is pure seed, pure water (fertilizer), and
patient waiting on God to give the increase.
Believers are born and grown the same way: with nothing man-made added
to make the seed germinate or grow faster, nothing man-made added to kill the
pests which would harm the believer. Believers are born and grown of the
incorruptible seed through the pure gospel of Christ Jesus. We ask and patiently wait on God to give the
increase (Ja 3:17; I Cor 3:6-9). God
designed farming in the earth after the heavenly pattern by which he saves
sinners. The farmer does that which God
has given him to do, nothing more and nothing less. Let's learn from the farmer and expect a
bumper crop! (Gal 6:8; Ps 126:6; Rev 22:20)