The Storeroom

June 18

There is a time of the year when part of the unfolding panorama of life all around us includes the mowing and baling of the hay in the fields. This interesting procedure is done in order that farm animals will have food to last them through the cold months when grass is meager in supply.

This product, like all the fruit of the fields, must be harvested at an optimum time that has allowed the grass to grow and mature to its fullness but has not allowed the elements to damage it in any way. It is especially important that it be shielded from rain and moisture.

If it is to serve its purpose well, it must be harvested and stored securely away from any inclement weather. If it becomes wet, it will rot and it will be unfit for its intended purpose. When the cold winter months arrive, the farmer will have nothing nutritious to feed to his livestock. In a similar fashion, our thoughts have the potential to nurture and sustain or to undermine and destroy those with whom we share them.

In Matthew 12:35, Jesus says, “A good man produces good things from his storeroom of good, but an evil man produces evil things from his storeroom of evil.” In other words, if we have made the Word the treasure of our heart we will distain evil. Because we have seen the beauty of Christ we will make His thoughts to be our thoughts, His purposes to be our purposes—and His message of salvation to the lost will be ever upon our lips.