Okay, lets take a break... here is an interesting article that might give refreshments... May God grant your desire Ma'am!
Yes, Jesus was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), but why? He could have been anything. Unlike us, He was not limited by natural talent or opportunity. Nothing was beyond His capability or beyond His control. He was a jack-of-all-trades, ten-talent man, prodigy, and genius all rolled into one. He could have been born into any family circumstance He wanted or attended any educational institution He chose. He could have had any profession.
This line of reasoning presents some interesting possibilities.
Jesus did not choose to be a farmer, but He is the Sower that went forth to sow. There would have been some logic in the Son of God coming as a farmer. He was the One who gave us seedtime and harvest in the first place (Genesis 8:22; John 1:3). He created the very earth itself and put life into the tiny seed (Genesis 1:11-12). He made the earth fertile, trees fruitful, and vegetables edible. He invented the water cycle and gave the former and latter rain in time for harvest (Ecclesiastes 1:7; Jeremiah 5:24; Matthew 5:45). To be the provider for man's basic needs would be appropriate for the One who had given manna from heaven (Exodus 16), Israel a land that flowed with milk and honey (Exodus 3:8; Exodus 13:5), and Elijah and the widow a constantly full flour barrel and oil cruse (1 Kings 17:14).
Nonetheless, so far as we know Jesus never picked up a hoe nor picked a tomato. He never inhaled the scent of newly turned earth nor felt the sweat run down His back as He picked beans under a hot July sun. He never smiled as he saw the first bud breaking the ground in the spring, or sighed as the last wagonload of produce came out of the field in the fall.
This is all true, but He was still the Sower that went forth to sow (Matthew 13:3). His seed brought forth thirtyfold, sixty-fold, and one hundredfold (Mark 4:8). "He filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away" (Luke 1:53). And on Pentecost, He watched as His crop brought forth three thousand souls (Acts 2:41).
What is involved in Jesus being the Sower?
Jesus purchased a farm.
He has a big, expensive farm - the whole world (Psalm 24:1; Mark 16:15). Someone calculated that there are 1,486,471,876,165 acres in the world. The average cost is about $1500/acre (in the U.S.), so using that as a base figure, one could theoretically purchase the surface of the earth for $2,229,707,814,247,500. As much as a tad over two quadrillion is, it is not as much as the purchase price for Jesus' farm - it cost Him His own blood (Acts 20:28).
Jesus sows seeds.
The seed of the kingdom still possesses life-generating power (Luke 8:11; Mark 4:14). The Holy Spirit works through that Word in conversion (Ephesians 6:17).
Why is the Word compared to seed? Both seem insignificant but possess great power (Genesis 1:11; Romans 1:16). A small acorn looks harmless enough, but given the right conditions, it can grow large enough to remove a house from its foundations. God's Word, like a seed, is quick [living], and powerful (Hebrews 4:12;Galatians 6:7-8; cf. 2 Timothy 4:2). Unlike men's written words, God's Word has life in it; and that life can be imparted to those who will believe and obey it. It can generate new life. No other book can do that.
The seed only grows in one place: the human heart (Luke 8:15). There are four kinds of soil - hearts:
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit (John 15:1-2). Jesus stays involved in the lives of His followers, operating through His providence to better prepare us for the transplanting into the heavenly garden.
Jesus harvests fruit.
Jesus wants to pick you and me as choice fruit and store us forever in His celestial barn (Matthew 13:30). Sure, most folks want to live in a mansion, but a barn will satisfy me - but not just any barn. I want to live in God's barn! In the Parable of the Tares, Jesus pictures the end of the world as a harvest when weeds and wheat are separated. The tares (representing the ungodly) will be bundled and burned (be lost in the lake of fire). The wheat will be gathered into my barn - heaven (Matthew 13:30).
For someone who never picked up a hoe, Jesus surely has done a lot of farming.
What Jesus Was, But Was Not: A Farmer : House to House
Yes, Jesus was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), but why? He could have been anything. Unlike us, He was not limited by natural talent or opportunity. Nothing was beyond His capability or beyond His control. He was a jack-of-all-trades, ten-talent man, prodigy, and genius all rolled into one. He could have been born into any family circumstance He wanted or attended any educational institution He chose. He could have had any profession.
This line of reasoning presents some interesting possibilities.
Jesus did not choose to be a farmer, but He is the Sower that went forth to sow. There would have been some logic in the Son of God coming as a farmer. He was the One who gave us seedtime and harvest in the first place (Genesis 8:22; John 1:3). He created the very earth itself and put life into the tiny seed (Genesis 1:11-12). He made the earth fertile, trees fruitful, and vegetables edible. He invented the water cycle and gave the former and latter rain in time for harvest (Ecclesiastes 1:7; Jeremiah 5:24; Matthew 5:45). To be the provider for man's basic needs would be appropriate for the One who had given manna from heaven (Exodus 16), Israel a land that flowed with milk and honey (Exodus 3:8; Exodus 13:5), and Elijah and the widow a constantly full flour barrel and oil cruse (1 Kings 17:14).
Nonetheless, so far as we know Jesus never picked up a hoe nor picked a tomato. He never inhaled the scent of newly turned earth nor felt the sweat run down His back as He picked beans under a hot July sun. He never smiled as he saw the first bud breaking the ground in the spring, or sighed as the last wagonload of produce came out of the field in the fall.
This is all true, but He was still the Sower that went forth to sow (Matthew 13:3). His seed brought forth thirtyfold, sixty-fold, and one hundredfold (Mark 4:8). "He filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away" (Luke 1:53). And on Pentecost, He watched as His crop brought forth three thousand souls (Acts 2:41).
What is involved in Jesus being the Sower?
Jesus purchased a farm.
He has a big, expensive farm - the whole world (Psalm 24:1; Mark 16:15). Someone calculated that there are 1,486,471,876,165 acres in the world. The average cost is about $1500/acre (in the U.S.), so using that as a base figure, one could theoretically purchase the surface of the earth for $2,229,707,814,247,500. As much as a tad over two quadrillion is, it is not as much as the purchase price for Jesus' farm - it cost Him His own blood (Acts 20:28).
Jesus sows seeds.
The seed of the kingdom still possesses life-generating power (Luke 8:11; Mark 4:14). The Holy Spirit works through that Word in conversion (Ephesians 6:17).
Why is the Word compared to seed? Both seem insignificant but possess great power (Genesis 1:11; Romans 1:16). A small acorn looks harmless enough, but given the right conditions, it can grow large enough to remove a house from its foundations. God's Word, like a seed, is quick [living], and powerful (Hebrews 4:12;Galatians 6:7-8; cf. 2 Timothy 4:2). Unlike men's written words, God's Word has life in it; and that life can be imparted to those who will believe and obey it. It can generate new life. No other book can do that.
The seed only grows in one place: the human heart (Luke 8:15). There are four kinds of soil - hearts:
- Wayside soil - the hardhearted hearer (Matthew 13:19; Luke 8:11-12). If a person continues in this hardened condition, he will never be saved (2 Corinthians 4:3). This is one reason it is important to reach the young people before they become hardened in sin (85 percent of the people who become Christians do so before age 18).
- Shallow soil - the stony place hearer (Matthew 13:20; Luke 8:13). We are warned, Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves (James 1:22).
- Divided soil - the thorny place hearers (Matthew 13:22; Luke 8:14). Just as weeds grow in a field, weeds (such as selfishness, lust, dishonesty, relativism, ungodly tolerance, and immorality) can grow in our hearts. We can ignore them and let them choke the Word or pull them out and save our souls.
- Receptive soil - the good ground hearers (Matthew 13:23; Luke 8:15).
The seeds in the parable are all of the same nature, sown from the same bag by the same sower. The only variable is the type of soil it encounters.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit (John 15:1-2). Jesus stays involved in the lives of His followers, operating through His providence to better prepare us for the transplanting into the heavenly garden.
Jesus harvests fruit.
Jesus wants to pick you and me as choice fruit and store us forever in His celestial barn (Matthew 13:30). Sure, most folks want to live in a mansion, but a barn will satisfy me - but not just any barn. I want to live in God's barn! In the Parable of the Tares, Jesus pictures the end of the world as a harvest when weeds and wheat are separated. The tares (representing the ungodly) will be bundled and burned (be lost in the lake of fire). The wheat will be gathered into my barn - heaven (Matthew 13:30).
For someone who never picked up a hoe, Jesus surely has done a lot of farming.
What Jesus Was, But Was Not: A Farmer : House to House
