01.0074. The Believer Is a Husbandman

The Believer Is a Husbandman "The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits" (2 Timothy 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" (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20).

1. Read Romans 8:17. Our present toil is nothing comparable to coming glory.

2. Read John 4:35, John 4:36. The present call for reapers, and the coming wages our Lord will pay.

3. Read Revelation 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.