You plant the seed. You let it grow. Then you take the fruit.
That’s the normal way of things. It was just common sense.
In fact, Jesus quotes an old Greek saying: “There’s still four months to the harvest!”
The implication is just plant, then wait. Things don’t happen immediately. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
But wait, Jesus says not so fast.
The natural rules don’t always apply. Not in certain seasons!
No, sometimes something strange can happen…
And I’m grateful for Megan Huwa sharing her recently published poem about harvest: “Mirrored and Magnified” from her recently published collection Still Life.
This episode digs deeper into “therismos” (θερισμός, meaning ‘harvest’) in John 4:35.
John 4:35 - “Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” (NIV)
Mentioned:
Megan Huwa - www.meganhuwa.com
STILL LIFE (2025, Poetry collection published by Wipf & Stock)
Enduring Word - Free Online Bible Commentary - enduringword.com
David Guzik - enduringword.com/about/david-guzik/
Philip Ulrich - thegrowlybooks.com/about
Philip Ulrich Bammerhab Interview - Episode 33
Amos 9:13
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.” (NIV)
My Links:
Bammerhab Site:www.bammerhab.com
Bammerhab Substack:bammerhab.substack.com
SDG Morgan’s Substack: sdgmorgan.substack.com
Thanks to:
• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design
• Dave Allam of Allam House for advanced audio techniques: sound.allamhouse.com
• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links
