Sunday, March 5 Lift up your eyes and view the fields, that they are white for harvesting.​—John 4:35.

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Sunday, March 5

Lift up your eyes and view the fields, that they are white for harvesting.—John 4:35.

 

The apostle Paul likened the work of disciple-making to cultivating a crop, showing that we must do more than plant seeds. He reminded the Corinthians: “I planted, Apollos watered . . . You are God’s field under cultivation.” (1 Cor. 3:6-9) As workers in “God’s field,” not only do we plant the seeds but we water them and regularly check the progress of our plantings. At the same time, we recognize that it is God who makes the seed grow. What a privilege we have both to preach and to teach the truth to others! This work makes us genuinely happy. The apostle Paul, who helped many in Thessalonica to become disciples, expressed his feelings this way: “What is our hope or joy or crown of exultation before our Lord Jesus at his presence? Is it not in fact you? You certainly are our glory and joy.”—1 Thess. 2:19, 20; Acts 17:1-4. w21.07 3 ¶5; 7 ¶17