17 AUGUST (UNDATED SERMON)
A visit to the harvest field
‘Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.’ James 5:7–8
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 37:1–9
There is a story told of Mr Hill being on board a vessel once. It is said he heard the mate swear and afterwards he heard the captain use a profane oath. I think Mr Hill interposed as the captain was about to swear again and said, ‘No, let us be fair. Your mate has sworn and you have had an oath. Now it is my turn to swear.’ The captain looked at him somewhat astonished, but had to admit that there was a degree of rightness and propriety in every man having his turn. However, Mr Hill did not swear and the captain said, ‘I suppose, sir, you don’t mean to take your turn; you don’t mean to swear.’ ‘Oh yes,’ said the good old man, ‘I mean to swear as soon as ever I can see the good of it.’
We might do the same with our impatience. Let us be impatient as soon as ever we can see the use it will serve. If the farmer should want rain just now, his impatience would not influence the clouds and make them pour out their torrents. If a child happened to be very petulant, and have a very noisy tongue and a mischievous disposition, the mother’s impatience would not calm the child, control its temper, still its fitful passion or subdue its stubborn humour. Whatever happens to you, there is nothing can happen to you worse than your being impatient, for of all troubles in the world that one can be troubled with, an impatient spirit is about the worst. O that you would endeavour to conquer impatience. It cast Satan out of heaven, when he was impatient at the honour and dignity of the Son of God. He was impatient at being a servant to his Maker and was driven from his high estate. Let us be rid of impatience which made Cain kill his brother and which has done a thousand mischievous things since. May God grant us to watch and wait patiently like the husbandman.
FOR MEDITATION: Anxiety and impatience are powerless to promote physical growth (Luke 12:25–26), but they are without doubt able to stunt the spiritual growth which patience can produce (Romans 5:3–4; James 1:3–4; 2 Peter 1:6).
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 3), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2005), 237.
A visit to the harvest field
‘Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.’ James 5:7–8
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 37:1–9
There is a story told of Mr Hill being on board a vessel once. It is said he heard the mate swear and afterwards he heard the captain use a profane oath. I think Mr Hill interposed as the captain was about to swear again and said, ‘No, let us be fair. Your mate has sworn and you have had an oath. Now it is my turn to swear.’ The captain looked at him somewhat astonished, but had to admit that there was a degree of rightness and propriety in every man having his turn. However, Mr Hill did not swear and the captain said, ‘I suppose, sir, you don’t mean to take your turn; you don’t mean to swear.’ ‘Oh yes,’ said the good old man, ‘I mean to swear as soon as ever I can see the good of it.’
We might do the same with our impatience. Let us be impatient as soon as ever we can see the use it will serve. If the farmer should want rain just now, his impatience would not influence the clouds and make them pour out their torrents. If a child happened to be very petulant, and have a very noisy tongue and a mischievous disposition, the mother’s impatience would not calm the child, control its temper, still its fitful passion or subdue its stubborn humour. Whatever happens to you, there is nothing can happen to you worse than your being impatient, for of all troubles in the world that one can be troubled with, an impatient spirit is about the worst. O that you would endeavour to conquer impatience. It cast Satan out of heaven, when he was impatient at the honour and dignity of the Son of God. He was impatient at being a servant to his Maker and was driven from his high estate. Let us be rid of impatience which made Cain kill his brother and which has done a thousand mischievous things since. May God grant us to watch and wait patiently like the husbandman.
FOR MEDITATION: Anxiety and impatience are powerless to promote physical growth (Luke 12:25–26), but they are without doubt able to stunt the spiritual growth which patience can produce (Romans 5:3–4; James 1:3–4; 2 Peter 1:6).
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 3), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2005), 237.
17 AUGUST (UNDATED SERMON)
A visit to the harvest field
‘Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.’ James 5:7–8
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 37:1–9
There is a story told of Mr Hill being on board a vessel once. It is said he heard the mate swear and afterwards he heard the captain use a profane oath. I think Mr Hill interposed as the captain was about to swear again and said, ‘No, let us be fair. Your mate has sworn and you have had an oath. Now it is my turn to swear.’ The captain looked at him somewhat astonished, but had to admit that there was a degree of rightness and propriety in every man having his turn. However, Mr Hill did not swear and the captain said, ‘I suppose, sir, you don’t mean to take your turn; you don’t mean to swear.’ ‘Oh yes,’ said the good old man, ‘I mean to swear as soon as ever I can see the good of it.’
We might do the same with our impatience. Let us be impatient as soon as ever we can see the use it will serve. If the farmer should want rain just now, his impatience would not influence the clouds and make them pour out their torrents. If a child happened to be very petulant, and have a very noisy tongue and a mischievous disposition, the mother’s impatience would not calm the child, control its temper, still its fitful passion or subdue its stubborn humour. Whatever happens to you, there is nothing can happen to you worse than your being impatient, for of all troubles in the world that one can be troubled with, an impatient spirit is about the worst. O that you would endeavour to conquer impatience. It cast Satan out of heaven, when he was impatient at the honour and dignity of the Son of God. He was impatient at being a servant to his Maker and was driven from his high estate. Let us be rid of impatience which made Cain kill his brother and which has done a thousand mischievous things since. May God grant us to watch and wait patiently like the husbandman.
FOR MEDITATION: Anxiety and impatience are powerless to promote physical growth (Luke 12:25–26), but they are without doubt able to stunt the spiritual growth which patience can produce (Romans 5:3–4; James 1:3–4; 2 Peter 1:6).
C. H. Spurgeon and Terence Peter Crosby, 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 3), (Leominster, UK: Day One Publications, 2005), 237.
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