The Field of God

The working of God in the lives of all people is a work of grace. We absolutely do NOT deserve the goodness of God; NOR do we deserve the grace that has been given to us; but God still rewards those to whom He imparts grace. God's blessing is on those who receive the word, and bear fruit. He labors over them and delights in them. He blesses them with increase and with the delight of His own countenance. But there are also those who receive the word in some measure and merely sip it. They give it room in their minds and hearts, they receive the word with temporary joy… but without a good and honest heart… These are those who bear only thorns and thistles… these are the ones who are outside, who do not know the grace of His favor, who have been given the same common grace and have born only sin.
God labors in the lives of those who are His own, and this mercy calls us to obedience, calls us to Christlikeness, calls us to walk in a manner worthy of the price that was paid… we are His field, we are His harvest.