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“And unto Adam He (God) said…Cursed is the ground for thy sake…in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread” (Genesis 3:17, 19).
Many years ago, I was speaking to an older Christian farmer whom I knew well. He was a good farmer, and often went to farming meetings and seminars to learn more. He told me that at one farming seminar, the professor who was speaking made the following statement — “We know well that we are not getting the yield out of the soil that we should. Even with perfect sunshine and rain, perfect mixtures of minerals and fertilizers in the soil, and excellent cultivation techniques, we are getting only a fraction of the yield that the soil could give us. But try as we will, we cannot unlock the secret!” Since it was a large meeting, the farmer did not feel free to interrupt the professor. But he told me that he would have liked a few minutes to speak, for he could have told them why they could not find the secret.
According to our verse today, it is all part of the curse God put upon the ground after man sinned, so that he has to work hard in order to grow things. That curse is still with us, and it will not be removed until the millennium, after the Lord’s coming for us.
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