Harvest Time

I was just pondering the verse where Jesus said that the fields are “white unto harvest”(John 4:35).

For most of us today, we don’t spend a lot of time harvesting grain of any kind… but most people have seen some other kind of fruit or vegetable being harvested.

Last week, our family went to pick strawberries at a local farm. You can easily tell which strawberries are ready to pick based on their color. Of course, the idea is that you pick the bright red ones and the ones that are green, those you leave on the plant.

Now looking at a strawberry for this analogy, you could easily say that the fields are red all over and ready to be picked.

I mean- they are ready TODAY! Tomorrow may be too late – they MUST be harvested NOW!

As we were picking, I encountered several beautiful berries that unfortunately had waited too late to be picked. Unfortunately, they had decayed.

Friend, the same thing happens when we look at the harvest of souls and we say “I’ll go by in a few weeks” or “Maybe some other time”. Later may just be too late. In fact -it could be eternally too late.

Let’s determine to look at the field… and go work to reap while we can!