Breaking Fallow Ground: The Labor Required for Spiritual Harvest

A dangerous delusion haunts religious life: the belief that Christian privileges and rewards may be secured without appointed means, without strenuous effort. Yet the Elohim who governs temporal harvests governs spiritual ones identically. No unfading crown is worn without running the race. No splendid victory achieved without battle. No peaceful haven reached without contending winds and waves. No glorious harvest gathered without laboring in the field.…