John 4:36- “Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.”
My sister and her husband plant a garden every spring. This requires a lot of work—especially in the hot Arizona sun. However, they reap the rewards of fresh vegetables for many weeks.
I have a friend whose parents are farmers. They have many acres devoted to corn. Even though family members have other jobs outside of farming, each one also helps with some aspect of the endeavor.
Each of them has distinctly different responsibilities.
Some plant. Some harvest. All enjoy the bounty.
It is the same principle in God’s kingdom. The one who plants and the one who harvests are not necessarily the same person(s).
One sows the word in the heart of an unbeliever, another may nurture that person and lead him along, and someone totally different may be the one who leads him in the confession of faith, bringing him to salvation in Christ.
And all rejoice with gladness—along with heaven’s angels—when a new soul comes into the kingdom.
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