Ripe for the Harvest
Daniel Katterns. Job 5:26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn comes in in his season. The life of man, morally and spiritually considered, must not be measured by length of days, but rather by the degree to which the end of existence has been attained. Consider this interesting promise. 1. The emblem under which it is conveyed suggests to us the care and affection with which the great Head of the Church regards the progress and the end of His servants. 2. The comparison of the text implies that progress belongs to the very nature of religion, and therefore is its invariable and indispensable law. 3. There is a state of grace attainable on earth which may be fitly described as a state of maturity. Consider in what that maturity consists. 4. It should reconcile us to such losses to reflect that a state of maturity necessitates the reaping. (Daniel Katterns.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. WEB: You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.