~ Good Morning!

Our Bible verse, and Devotion, comes to us, today, from …

• Psalm‬ ‭126:5‬ •

“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!” (ESV‬‬)

The setting, here, in verses 5 and 6 is agricultural. After the land had been neglected for so long, it was almost impossible to work it. The planting would be very difficult, because the ground would be very hard. However, with hard work, and great persistence, you could finally get a harvest.

✝️ Psalm 126:5a says, “Those who sow with tears…”

The sowing with tears, or the agonizing over the work, here, could signify anything someone did to help advance God’s Kingdom; (e.g., encouraging people to respond to the Lord and return to Him).

✝️ Psalm 126:5b says, “shall reap with shouts of joy!”

The joyful harvesting (reap) would then refer to the people who would return to faith in God.

One commentator wrote, “The psalmist was convinced that continued labor, no matter how agonizingly difficult and frustrating, would result in more people returning to the Lord.

FYI … The use of the phrase, “sowing and reaping,” have been widely used by believers (Gal. 6:7). Jesus spoke of sowing as spreading the message of the kingdom, and spoke of reaping the harvest as people who received Him by faith (Matt. 13:1–8, 18, 23).

‼️ Isn’t it about time we do some SOWING and REAPING of our own ⁉️

Sincerely,

— Pastor Gene