He was a tenant farmer. From time to time he renewed his lease. He had worked long hours, year after year & had made the farm a model of its kind.
One day the agent mentioned to him that the owner would
require the farm for his son, who was about to be married. The farmer was
greatly upset & made a number of offers in hopes that his terms would
affect the owner's decision. It was in vain.
The day drew near when he had to vacate the home & then
he did something he had decided upon in weeks of angry brooding. He gathered
seeds of all the pests of the farmer & when it was dark, moved up &
down over that fertile, clean soil, casting into it this rubbish.
Next morning, bright & early, the agent rode up to the
door & informed him that the owner's plan had fallen through & he would
be glad to renew the lease. He did not understand the farmer's "My God,
what a fool I've been!"
-War Cry. (moreillustrations.com)
Gal 6:7 (GW): “Make no mistake about this: You can never
make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you’ll harvest.”
“The Lord made it very plain in the New Testament that
believers cannot escape reaping the kind of harvest they sow. We cannot hide our sin; we will not get away
with it. The secrets of the night are not hidden from God.” - Theodore Epp.
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