The biblical concept of harvest emphasizes the importance of diligence and perseverance in spiritual labor. As seen in Galatians 6:9, believers are encouraged to continue doing good, knowing that they will reap a harvest in due time. Jesus teaches in Matthew 9:37 and Luke 10:2 that the harvest is plentiful, but workers are few, highlighting the need for laborers to bring in the spiritual harvest. The apostle Paul also writes in 2 Corinthians 9:10 that God will enrich those who sow generously, and as Jesus notes in John 4:35, the fields are already ripe for harvest, emphasizing the urgency of the task.
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Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.