In the Field!

1 Corinthians 3: 6              ESV

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

The Bible indicates that one of man's basic tasks was to... "till and keep" the land (Gen. 2: 15)

Man is seen as being divinely given the ability to be a gardener or farmer. It’s where we get the term, “husbandry”, from.

“Husbandry” - Miriam Webster Dictionary... “the cultivation and production of crops; farming”

My youngest brother and I have a great fetish with farming, but in a very small scale.

We recently purchased this vintage, 1920 Case corn planter. 

It’s not for decoration, or for an ornament on the front lawn. No, we plan to actually use it.

We will expect and even anticipate a future harvest.

We are already planning for this implement to serve it’s designed planting purpose.

And yet the reason that so many agriculture metaphors are used in the Bible, is because we were designed to be spiritual farmers.

It’s a pity that not many “spiritual” people, think that’s their responsibility.

If we were truly interested in the harvest of souls, we’d be in the field planting.

When once the seed has been sewed, someone needs to water it.

How serious are you about spiritual farming? Are you serving your designed purpose?

We can count on God to give the growth, if we would just be intentional to get ourselves out in the field...