WHAT an odd sight we have before us! I’m sure none of you children have even seen real oxen plowing a field; yet this kind of work, which today is done by horses, was really done by these animals years ago.
See how these men are plodding along, guiding and working with their faithful animals. Does this not show us how, even in those days, people were toiling and laboring to get food and earn their living?
Your father may not be a farmer and till the soil, but I am sure he is working hard each day to supply you with food, clothing and a home. Why is it that people have to labor so day by day to get these things? We get the answer to this in Genesis 3:17-2017And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:17‑20). God said to Adam, “Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground.”
We are the children of Adam, and have that same sinful nature. God wants us to think of this, and to remember that this world still has the curse of sin upon it. But Jesus has died to redeem you out of this world; His blood was shed on the cross to put away your sins; do you believe this? Come and own Him as your Saviour now. He cares for you, and can make you truly happy even in the hardest tasks you may be called to do. Then, children, Jesus is coming very soon to call all His redeemed out of this world. Are you ready to meet Him?
“Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”
ML 03/17/1912