The Lord Jesus, when He was here upon earth, told us of a farmer whose fields must have looked like the harvest field in our picture today. He had very good crops, better than ever before, and his barns were not large enough for him to store everything away.
He began to wonder what he would do. Sad to say, he never thought about God, nor did he thank God for giving him such good crops, but only thought of how he could use them for himself and his own pleasure. He decided to pull down his barns and build larger ones and he said to himself,
“Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”
He decided that he was going to have a good time, just like many people in the world today. He thought only of this life and seemed to forget all about the vast eternity that is beyond. His plans were wise enough, but he had forgotten one thing, and that is that he did not know how long he had to live in this world. It was not very long either, for God said, “Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee.”
Yes, the day he made his plans was his very last day on earth! He never lived to see his great harvest brought in. He was called to meet God that night, and as far as we know from the Bible, he was unprepared. He was rich in this world, but had nothing for eternity!
Dear reader, how is it with you? Undoubtedly, you are making, or have made, some plans for the future in this world, but have you made any prision for eternity? Remember that as soon as the breath leaves your body, your eternal destiny is fixed. It will be either heaven or hell. You would like to go to heaven, I know, but you can never enter there in your sins. If you want to be ready when the Lord comes, or when called away in death, you must be saved. Why not come to the Lord Jesus, just as you are, acknowledging your guilt and sin? He will save you. He died upon the cross of Calvary as the sin-bearer, and now He is a risen and glorified Saviour offering a full and free salvation to “whosoever will.” Do not allow the cares of this life to hinder you from settling this most important of all questions, or you will someday find yourself in a lost eternity, and have to say,
“THE HARVEST IS PAST, THE SUMMER IS ENDED, AND WE ARE NOT SAVED.” Jeremioh 8:20.
ML 09/05/1954