Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness. I. HOW THE HARVEST, THE CROWN OF THE YEAR, DISPLAYS THE GREAT GOODNESS OF OUR GOD. For think — 1. Of the perils that beset the harvest. 2. How God demands man's co-operation, yet reserves to Himself the sole efficiency. 3. The manner of conducting the whole to a successful issue — so slow, still, imperceptible, and yet so all at once. 4. Its fulfilment of the ancient promise. 5. The universality of the blessing. II. WHAT RETURN IS DUE FROM US TO GOD? Praise, for — 1. We celebrate the bestowment of forfeited blessings. 2. Harvest blessings serve purposes higher than themselves. They minister to life, and that may lead to salvation. 3. They are pledges of yet greater blessings which God will give. (Isaac Vaughan.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.WEB: You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. |
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