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Plowing Provides Plenty (concludes) Brother David Green

too often. The natural man is much like the natural ground. It only bears thorns and
thistles. Our old man has no propensity to labor in God's vineyard. It is an effort. This
is why Paul exhorts Timothy to give attendance, give thyself wholly, meditate. But,

God blesses so richly when we till the land of our prayers and study that we have
plenty of spiritual mana to feast our souls upon. May we desire, as Isaac, to make all
diligence to go out into our field of meditation at the eventide to engage in penetrat-
ing thoughts of a heavenly nature; a place and a time we purpose to go to and away
from the conflicts and distractions of life for a moment to seek God. And though to

do so often times is fraught with many distractions and challenges, think it no strange
thing that while we are exercised in this spiritual labor that God brings to us blessings
unexpected. In fact, we can expect that during such times that we toil and plow away

in the field of our soul that the Lord lifts up our eyes from our soul-work and behold,
a wonderful blessing greets us! Just as Isaac while meditating in the field lifted up his
eyes and saw Rebekah, "whom he loved," we too will see our Savior whom our hearts
delight in and love as He visits us in our prayer, or becomes the object and felt pres-
ence of our meditations, or reveals Himself as the embodiment of a text of Holy

Scripture we are reading. Oh, our labor to till the ground and care for our soul will
indeed bring us bread and plenty of it. It provides nourishment for comfort and a cov-
ering of peace for the very worst moments of our life. Isaac went out to meditate in

the field, a place born of labor, and lifting up his eyes he saw Rebekah, and he loved
her, and was comforted after his mother's death (Gen. 24:63-67). So shall it be with
God's people as they are found laboring with the most grave difficulties imaginable,
that while they faithfully cultivate the charge of their soul's well-being, even during
times of hardship, our God according to His promise will supply us with plenty of

what we are in need. And they too will look up from their labor, see their Savior, love
Him all the more, and be comforted with all comfort.