I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one “like the son of man” with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.  Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting of the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”  So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.  Revelation 14:14

The harvest is ripe.  To a farmer this is a call to work.  Leaving the crops in the field too long means disaster for the family and the community.  But even in this representation we see that it is His work, His sickle, His timing.  So again the Lord provides us a visual reminder that our personal works harvest “nothing”.  He will bring in the harvest, He will glean the wheat and process the tares.  Our duty is to plant the seeds so that at harvest time we may rejoice for the crops are bountiful and sweet.  Thank you Lord for making me a worker.  I will prepare, seed and tend the garden until Your return for harvest.  Praise Your name Lord Jesus.  Amen.