வேதாகமத் தியானம் - எண்:- 1,570
Scripture Meditation – No: 1,570
AATHAVAN 💚 May
26, 2025 – Monday
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” (Psalm 126:5, KJV)
Those who are familiar with agriculture understand the hardships that farmers endure. In today’s world, farming is not a highly profitable occupation. Even before sowing begins, farmers must incur various expenses. They must plough and prepare the land, fertilize it, and ready it for sowing. Seeds need to be purchased, and labourers must be paid. To cover these costs, a farmer may pawn his wife’s and children’s jewellery or borrow money from acquaintances.
Yet, the farmer does all this with hope—hope that the seeds he sows will sprout and yield a good harvest in the future. He does not sow with joy but with a heart full of tears, enduring various difficulties.
However, that same farmer rejoices during the harvest. In our country, we celebrate the harvest festival of Pongal for this very reason. The farmer forgets the suffering he experienced during the sowing season. This is exactly what the next verse says: “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” (Psalm 126:6, KJV)
The spiritual life is much the same. Like the farmer, many of us may be sowing in tears today. We may be burdened by griefs and concerns—chronic illnesses, overwhelming debts, unemployment and its resulting poverty, or uncertainty about our children's future. All these may have turned us into those who are sowing with tears.
But beloved, just as the farmer sows with hope for the future, we too have a God in whom we can place our hope. So let us lay our burdens before the Lord and wait patiently. If there is a time for sowing, then surely there will also be a joyful time of reaping.
Jesus Christ compared His words to seeds sown by a farmer:
“But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.” (Matthew 13:8, KJV)
Yes, the Word of God is powerful and fruitful.
Even if we are sowing in tears amidst many worldly troubles today, let us sow the Word of God in our hearts. Just as the farmer trusts that his seeds will yield a harvest, let us sow our prayers with faith in God. Surely, God will make us reap with joy and honour.
The harvest will bring forth fruit—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold. The Lord God says: “Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.” (Isaiah 60:15, KJV)
Yes, the seeds sown in tears will not be in vain; a glorious harvest awaits us.
Gospel Message by: Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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