Like the Grass of the Field

Early summer winds bring the fields alive with movement. The green grasses bend and shimmer as they catch the light appearing like white caps traveling across a lake.

 

It is mesmerizing to watch.

 

But it is also a reminder that harvest is on the horizon. Already, it is beginning.

 

Everything a farmer does is done with the harvest in mind. The same goal is on the Lord's mind.

 

King Solomon wrote of the future time of harvest when there will be abundance of grain in the land waving on the tops of the mountains—when people in the cities will blossom like the grass of the field. (Psalm 72:16 ESV)

 

When I looked at Psalm 72 in my own Bible, I saw that I had underlined a portion of verse 4, "He will save the children of the needy." Though the word "needy" refers chiefly to the poor, it also means those needing help or deliverance from trouble by God.

 

This prophetic Psalm looks forward to the coming of the Great King, the Messiah, and of His just and righteous rule. Immediately prior to the verse that speaks of abundance, the psalmist writes, "Prayer also will be made for Him continually, and daily He shall be praised."

 

Just as Jesus told the disciples to pray for the harvest (Luke 10:2), so must we pray. Our children are needy, and deliverance only comes from the Great King. But our appeals to Him send "workers" into their lives.

 

Praying moms, we must be diligent to ask the Lord to send out workers. We must look to the Lord for that abundant harvest so that our children will blossom like the grass of the field.

"Blessed be the Lord God, the god of Israel, who only does wondrous things!"

Psalm 72:18 NKJ