Title Psalm 126:1-6 Holy Farming
Contents
Psalm 126:1-6, Galatians 6:6-10, Mark 4:2-9
When the sweltering summer passes and the threshold of autumn approaches, I feel as if I suddenly remembered something important that I had forgotten. “Why did you forget something so important? Aha, I'm taking good care of you." Vacations, beaches, valleys, retreats, etc. As I was wasting with time, the already abundant summer fruits and vegetables such as melon, watermelon, corn, and balsam disappeared, and Chinese cabbage, red pepper, persimmon, and jujube were placed in preparation for winter are doing No matter how much the world has changed, there is still nothing as honest as time, and nothing as sincere as earth. If we shed a holy sweat for honesty and integrity while we set our feet on this earth, that life will be a blessed life.
1. You will reap what you sow.
2. We sow with tears.
Psalm 126 tells us that when Israel was defeated by Babylon, the royal family and nobles were taken captive and lived as slaves on the banks of the Tigris River. The prisoner's life was 70 years. But they sowed seeds even in the painful life of captivity. That was teaching the law to their children.
They gathered in the synagogue every Sabbath to study the law thoroughly. The strength of the nation of Israel is that it always sowed seeds in the midst of hardship and adversity. After 400 years of slavery in Egypt, they still sowed seeds. No matter when the harvest will come, they sow the seed. In 1959, when I was a sophomore in elementary school, a huge typhoon blew. All the chestnut trees in the garden behind the house fell, and the persimmon tree had all its branches cut off, making it look unappealing. And the following year, my mother planted a young tree where the chestnut tree had been broken. I asked my mother. “Mom, when does this become a big tree and bear fruit?” Mother said. “It will bear much fruit in the next 10 years or so.” “Oh, 10 years? How are you waiting?” But the young tree has already become an old tree. A wise man can always know what to sow.
3. Only in fertile soil, yields of 30, 60, and 100 times are obtained.
The field of a diligent farmer and a lazy farmer is a stark comparison. A diligent man is free from time to weed, spray pesticides, and always check drains. The grain of that person's field can be seen abundantly, coveted, and beautiful. But a lazy person is completely different. On lush weeds, pests, and eventually they plow without getting anything. Digging the ground, picking up stones, and pulling out thorns will be as good as the sweat and labor.