James 5 [The Message]

Scripture uses farming analogies to illustrate the needed patience to understand God’s timetable for results. Our lives can be compared to a crop being planted and the way results are proportionate to soil preparation, rain, weather conditions etc. It takes time. Farmers cannot afford to be impatient. They wait.

Our lives are an adventure in agriculture. We plant, water, fertilize, and cultivate our lives and those of our offspring with hopes that we will reap favorably. Then, we wait for the harvest.