0074. The Believer Is a Husbandman

The Believer Is a Husbandman

"The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits" (2Ti_2:6).

Here we have the glory of the harvest. This is our reward for service. Paul wrote, in substance, of the Thessalonian converts: "Ye shall be my joy and my crown of rejoicing at the Coming of the Lord" (1Th_2:19-20).

1. Read Rom_8:17. Our present toil is nothing comparable to coming glory.

2. Read Joh_4:35, Joh_4:36. The present call for reapers, and the coming wages our Lord will pay.

3. Read Rev_22:12. The real rewards for our labors await the Second Coming of Christ. There the crowns are given; there the full fruition of our labor is received.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR