Ready To Harvest!
"You shall come to the grave at a full age,
as a sheaf of grain ripens in its season."
Job 5: 26
Depending on when and where you shop for produce, you’ve
likely seen the following: green bananas, rock-hard avocados,
firm tomatoes, and fruits like peaches, plums, and melons
that don’t seem to be ripe.
International shipping means some produce is picked long before
it's ripe since many products continue to ripen after harvest. The
best fruit, however, is plucked the day it is to be eaten, at the
height of freshness, taste, and nutrition.
This idea regarding food was also used metaphorically by one of
Job’s friends who said, ideally, life should end “at a full age, as a
sheaf of grain ripens in its season.” As with fruits and vegetables
and grain, human life doesn’t always end “at a full age.”
But for Moses, it did.
He died at age 120 with his eyesight and strength fully intact
(Deuteronomy 34:5-7). While we trust God with the number of
our days (Psalm 139:16), we also should number our days so
as to live a wise life (Psalm 90:12).
God’s harvest could come at any time.
Be at the peak of wisdom and maturity each
day—ready to be harvested at full maturity!
"Make the determination
to abide in Jesus."
Oswald Chambers
