Feb. 13
BLESSED IN THE FIELD
"Blessed shalt thou be in the field" Deut. 28:3
So was Isaac blessed when he walked therein at eventide to
meditate. How often has the Lord met us when we have been alone! The
hedges and the trees can bear witness to our joy. We look for such
blessedness again.
So was Boaz blessed when he reaped his harvest, and his workmen met
him with benedictions. May the Lord prosper all who drive the plough!
Every farmer may urge this promise with God, if indeed he obeys the
voice of the Lord God.
We go to the field to labor as father Adam did; and since the curse
fell on the soil through the sin of Adam the first, it is a great
comfort to find a blessing through Adam the second.
We go to the field for exercise, and we are happy in the belief
that the Lord will bless that exercise, and give us health, which we
will use to His glory.
We go to the field to study nature, and there is nothing in a
knowledge of the visible creation which may not be sanctified to the
highest uses by the divine benediction.
We have at last to go to the field to bury our dead; yea, others
will in their turn take us to God's acre in the field: but we are
blessed, whether weeping at the tomb, or sleeping in it.