我们应当感谢上帝
我們雖然仍需辛勤地作工，但是我們不會單單倚靠這些。上帝必需祝福，使其昌盛，再加上全能的護衛抵禦一切邪惡。我們才有收成。
我们应当感谢上帝，因为他使谷物生长。我们要知道：并不是我们的工作使谷物生长，而是上帝的祝福，促使谷物、葡萄、和各種作物生长（
主禱文也指示我們禱告說：「我們日用的飲食，今日賜給我們」。在「賜給」這個詞中，我們承認這一切都是上帝的禮物，不是我們創造出來的。如果他不給，一粒稻穀都不會長出來，我們的勞苦都白費。
這實在是上帝所賜的大禮物：上帝的能力奇妙地保守，才使我們可以等到收成時，可以享用。要知道，種子在地裏很快就會腐爛、凍死、發霉、蟲害，水沖。種子發芽後，炎熱、冰雹、寒冷天氣都可殺死它、或被蟲吃，被獸吃！在我們將成熟的穀粒和葡萄收入穀倉前，還要許多危險！即使在穀倉裏，也有可能被蟲吃盡。如果沒有上帝時常保護，魔鬼是不會讓一片葉子生長的。
所以，當我們看到麥田，我們不僅應當紀念上帝的慈愛，還應思想他的能力。我們應當想：「我親愛的穀物啊，上帝給了你多麼豐富慈愛和溫柔的呵護，把你如此豐盛地賜給我們。從你被播種在地裏之時，直到你被呈上我們的餐桌，上帝需要何等的能力保護著你，使你沒有落入魔鬼的手中，奪走你，餓死我們。」
一顆虔誠信靠的心實在明白：我們犁地、撒種、和其他辛勞都需要上帝的幫助。我們雖然仍需辛勤地作工，從地裏得到我們需要的食物（創3:19），但是我們不會單單倚靠這些，好像這些都是我們親手成就的。上帝必需祝福，使其昌盛，再加上全能的護衛抵禦一切邪惡。我們才有收成。——馬丁路德（AE 14:122-123）
註解一：回到原文哥林多前書3:6 我栽種了，亞波羅澆灌了，惟有 神叫他生長。
We are to learn from this and to praise and thank God for making the grain grow. We are to recognize that it is not our work but His blessing and gift that grain, wine, and all kinds of crops grow, for us to eat and drink and use for our needs, as is shown in the Lord’s Prayer when we say: “Give us this day our daily bread.” With the word “give” we concede that it is God’s gift, not our creation. If He did not give it, not a single seed would grow, and all our agriculture would be for nothing. In truth, this gift is so tremendous that it must be miraculously preserved through God’s power until such time as we can receive and enjoy it. For how quickly the seed in the ground could rot, freeze, mold, be eaten by worms, or be washed away by water! And even when it sprouts, how quickly it could be destroyed by heat, weather, and hail, or eaten up by bugs and other animals! And who can count all the dangers to which the grain and vines are exposed before they are brought to the barns? Even there it can still be devoured by worms and be gone. The devil would not let a blade or leaf sprout or grow were God not constantly on guard.
Therefore when we see a whole field or one grain, we should recognize not only God’s goodness but also His power and say to ourselves: “O lovely grain! God gives you to us in abundance out of His great goodness. And with what great power He protects you! What dangers have you not survived from the hour when you were sown until you are put on the table! With what mighty power has He not torn you from the devil’s fingers and hands, which clutch and snatch to destroy you and starve us!”
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But a devout and believing heart understands well how useless all our plowing, sowing, and the like would be without the help of God’s gifts. Although we are to do such work with diligence and seek our nourishment from the soil (Gen. 3:19), we are not to depend solely on this as though it could be done with our hands. More than our hands is necessary. God must bless and prosper it, and then mightily defend it against all devils.(AE 14:122-123）
