Ready

We have spent the past few weeks here on the farm preparing for harvest. We've been changing engine oil in combine, trucks, and tractors, checking gearboxes, airing up tires, greasing hundreds of zerks, adjusting belt and chain tension, sweeping and repairing bins, testing fans and dryers, and more.
We are ready!
But, even with all the preparation there are often glitches with harvest - unexpected equipment breakdowns, weather related problems,Livestock needs that keep us out of the field, etc. But we do the best we can with what we have to deal with. Harvest is starting later than normal this year because the corn is slow to dry down. August was very moist and cloudy rather than typical hot and dry.
As a Christian, I need to be ready for God's harvest. Is my heart and mind in tune to the Word and Spirit at all times? Preparation for spiritual harvest is continual. I am thankful for God's love, mercy, and grace when I grow lax or when the glitches of life come along.

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. (John 4:35)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (I Peter 3:15)