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Daily Bread

Harvest home

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You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. — James 5:8

The hymn Come, Ye Thankful People, Come is often sung at Christian services of thanksgiving. Written in 1844 by Henry Alford, it begins with thanks to God for crops safely gathered in before winter. But it is more than gratefulness for the bounty of the land. The hymn ends by focusing on God’s “harvest” of His people when Christ returns:

Even so, Lord, quickly come

To Thy final harvest-home:

Gather Thou Thy people in,

Free from sorrow, free from sin;

There, forever purified,

In Thy presence to abide:

Come, with all Thine angels, come —

Raise the glorious harvest-home.

As we give thanks for material needs supplied, it’s essential to remember that our plans are uncertain and our lives are a vapor that quickly disappear (James 4:14). James encourages us to be like a farmer waiting for his crops to grow and mature. “You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand” (5:8).

As we thank God for His faithful provision for our needs, let’s turn our thoughts to the promised return of Jesus Christ. In patient expectation, we live for Him and look for the day when He will come to gather His glorious harvest home. — David McCasland

 

Work and pray! Continue faith

When the Savior calleth, “Come,”

Till at last we all are garnered

To that heavenly harvest home. — Stinson

READ: James 4:13-17; 5:7-11

Even so, come, Lord Jesus! — Revelation 22:20

The Bible in one year:

• Ezekiel 30-32

• 1 Peter 4

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COME

GATHER THOU THY

HARVEST

HENRY ALFORD

IN THY

JESUS CHRIST

LORD JESUS

STINSON

TO THY

WHEN THE SAVIOR

YE THANKFUL PEOPLE

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