IS there any season of the year grander than Autumn when man is reaping all the fruits and grains that Nature has produced!
Before us is the picture of a man with a well loaded wagon as the result of his labor, hauling the grain to market. Behind him is his field of grain; how thrifty everything looks! It has meant much hard work for this farmer to realize this moment of contentment; he has spent many hours of labor in the hot sun, I am sure. In the first place he had to be careful just what grain and seeds he planted; for he knew that he would reap in the fall just such kinds as he planted. You will find it so in your garden. this spring.
You make sure your seeds are fresh, and then you know that the life and growth of your vegetables and flowers depends upon your care of them.
Can you draw a lesson from this for your own heart and life? If you live recklessly now while you are young, do you think you will grow to be useful, and develop into a noble man or woman?
It is sad to hear young people say, and doubly so those that know Christ, that they must “sow their wild oats some time.” For God’s word is true; it gives us the warning, that, “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he, also reap.” , The boy or girl who lives as he pleases, regardless of his parents’ instructions or of God’s thoughts, is sure to reap sad results.
But, on the other hand, the one who lives thoughtfully from day to day as before the Lord will be happy in meeting Him. Accept Jesus as your Saviour while you are young, and then seek daily to bear fruit for Him. Even a cup of cold water given in the name of Jesus, because we love Him, is counted as fruit for Him. Are you planting good seeds, such that will bring forth a useful Christian life?
Messages of God’s Love 9/24/1911