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Many people around the U.S. are not going out to their fruit trees this
winter picking their apples, plums, and pears and whatever. But for me, right
now, I can go out to my navel orange tree and pick ripe oranges. It is due
season. I could not do it during the spring, summer or fall because the “ripe”
time for navel oranges is during January and February. What I do during these
other seasons is water and fertilize the tree. There is a wonderful spiritual
lesson in God’s Word along these lines.
Galatians 6:9:
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not.
The context of this verse refers to the sowing of spiritual matters versus
the sowing of the flesh.
Galatians 6:7-9:
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he
that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not.
One of the qualities we want to work on in our walk with the Father is
patience or perseverance.
Hebrews 10:35 and 36:
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of
reward.
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye
might receive the promise.
Our fast paced lifestyle makes us anxious to get immediate feedback on our
efforts. God’s Word teaches us how to live a peaceful life.
Philippians 4:6 and 7:
Be careful [anxious] for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto
God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Like a farmer or husbandman, we can rest knowing that as we faithfully sow,
in due season we shall reap, receiving the promises of the Father and the
fruit they produce.
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