Trials and Pain: The Sharp Blade of the Plow
A.W. Tozer was one of the great Pastors, Christian writers and theologians of the 20th century. I read a daily reading from Tozer and wanted to share todays ---
Sow
for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow
ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains
righteousness on you. — Hosea 10:12
Tozer writes ~
The
fallow field is smug, contented, protected from the shock of the plow
and the agitation of the harrow.... But it is paying a terrible price
for its tranquility: Never does it see the miracle of growth; never does
it feel the motions of mounting
life nor see the wonders of bursting
seed nor the beauty of ripening grain. Fruit it can never know because
it is afraid of the plow and the harrow.
In
direct opposite to this, the cultivated field has yielded itself to the
adventure of living. The protecting fence has opened to admit the plow,
and the plow has come as plows always come, practical, cruel,
business-like and in a hurry. Peace has been shattered by the shouting
farmer and the rattle of machinery. The field has felt the travail of
change; it has been upset, turned over, bruised and broken, but its
rewards come hard upon its labors. The seed shoots up into the daylight
its miracle of life, curious, exploring the new world above it. All over
the field the hand of God is at work in the age-old and ever renewed
service of creation. New things are born, to grow, mature, and
consummate the grand prophecy latent in the seed when it entered the
ground. Nature's wonders follow the plow. Paths to Power, 31-32.
Prayer - "Lord,
make me a cultivated field. I suspect the price will be high, but I
long to bear fruit for Your glory. Do the hard work of the farmer in my
life today. Amen."
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