John 4:35-38 Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields… I. WHEN DOES THE REAPING COME (ver. 35)? 1. The law of nature is that there should be delay between the sowing and the reaping. It is not always so in grace. It was not so at Pentecost, nor with Philip and the eunuch, with Peter and Cornelius. Both sometimes coincide — (1) To convince us that the power is of God, not of man. (2) To encourage us to be instant in season and out of season. But commonly there is delay. This should not discourage. God knows best. II. WHAT DOES THE REAPING BRING? 1. Reward (ver. 36). Wages — the work itself. To be workers with God is a great reward. But fruit is also gathered. No Christian labours in vain. Sow the seed and expect the harvest. 2. Joy and mutual rejoicing. (R. V. Pryce, LL. B.) Parallel Verses KJV: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. |
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