You reap what you sow.
Galatians 6:7-9
What goes around comes around.
This is a simple message, nothing too deep or complicated, but very often understated.
In garden season you can only harvest what you plant. If you plant tomatoes, you will not reap potatoes. Corn-turnips, peppers-cucumbers….etc.
The same is true in our lives, as the bible says whatever a man sows, that will he reap. Sowing to the flesh=corruption, while sowing to the spirit=life everlasting.
This text is actually talking about eternal life, but I feel as though the Lord is leading us in a different direction.
We are talking about life. Its not just enough to know the word of God, but the most important thing that we can do is know the God of the word. Its important that we sow continually to the spirit, so that we can be the most effective for the kingdom of God.
Often times in life, the thing that discourages us from sowing, is fear. The desire of the enemy is to have you so full of fear, that you will not even attempt to sow to your spirit.
I say fear because that is the driving force behind the enemy. I heard a quote at graduation, that said it is not the fear of failure that causes people not to succeed, it is the fear of the greatness that is within you.
Hear me now, Many of you know that God has placed a seed of some great gifts within you, but it is the fear of where that gift will take you, that has prevented you from being all that God has created you to be.
Eccl. 11:4 He who watches the wind, will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.
Do not let what the situation looks like, distract you from sowing. Do not let the fear of God taking you out of your comfort zone, stop you from doing what God has called you to do.
What the bible is saying, is that if you are always waiting for the timeing to be right, you will never sow like you are supposed to. He who looks at the clouds, will not reap. If you always wait for the tables to turn, you will miss your blessing.
God taught in the book of Genesis, to Noah after the flood, As long as the earth remains, there will always be seedtime and harvest. They shall not cease.
Seedtime and harvest are never going to cease. This is true in every aspect of life. When God created the plants, which had seed within themselves, he said “it is good”
God said it is good, when he saw that everything that he had made had the ability to reproduce. When he had finished, he saw that it was very good.
Many of us could really learn a lesson from the first chapter of Genesis, just in God saying it is good. We never give ourselves credit for the things that God does in our lives. Occasionally, when we have taken a few steps forward, we need to stop and say to ourselves it is good.
It is good that I am not where I used to be. It is good that I’m on my way somewhere, it is good that God chose me to be the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath. It is good that He called me, and ordained me to be a prophet to the nations, it is good.
I’m not where I need to be, but thank God, I am not where I used to be.
When you remind yourself that it is good, it encourages you to keep on going. We don’t need someone to tell us when we fall short, we know when we fall short, It is not my job to tell you what you can’t do, the spirit of God will do that, Its my job to tell you what you can do.
Celebrate in steps. When David was bringing the ark of the covenant back into Jerusalem, he stopped and celebrated every six paces for where the Lord was bringing them to. They would stop and offer up a sacrifice of oxen and fatlings.
This is where the bible says that he danced with all of his might before the Lord.
This is the psychology behind rewarding a child when they do something that you tell them to do. You are saying it is good.
When a child gets praise for small things that he or she does, they will continue to do that thing in their lives. When you recognize the things that they do are good, you are sowing seeds into their lives, which will produce actions later on.
Your words are seeds. The things that come out of your mouth become effective when they are communicated to someone. The words that you speak will eventually bring forth a harvest in you life. Pr. 18:21-
Keep confessing that you are healed, and you will be. Keep confessing that you have abundance and no lack, and it will happen. Keep saying that you never have enough, and you never will.
Prov. 11: 25 The generous man will be prosperous, And he who waters will himself be watered.
The most important spiritual seed that we as believers can sow, is the seed into the lives of those around us.
Saul was the first king of Israel. He had a mighty army, which was surrounding him when the Philistines came to battle against him. Goliath stood there challenging for 40 days, taunting and asking someone to go out and fight for him.
He got so bad, that Saul said he would enrich whatever man would step up and fight with great riches, and give his daughter to the man who would fight, and free his fathers household which was in Israel.
Not one of Sauls mighty warriors would step up and fight, the reason why? Because their leader would not do it. An Army is only as strong as its leaders.
But here comes David. Who is this uncircumsized Philistine, that he should defy the Armies of the Living God.
David then stepped up and slew Goliath with one shot, but why did he grab 5 stones?
The Leadership of David produced other giant killers. By this young man stepping up to the battle, he encouraged others who would later be faced with giants in their lives, that they too could overcome and be victorious no matter how big the enemy seemed to be.
In 2 SAM 21 There were 4 more battles with the Philistines, In each of the battles there was another giant who was slain by the hand of Davids men.
The final giant, was the biggest and baddest of all. He had 6 fingers on each hand, and 6 toes on each foot. It was David’s nephew Jonathan, who ended up killing him.
5 stones, for 5 giants. The greatest seed that we can sow into another’s life, is the seed of victory through Christ Jesus.
All throughout the bible we see men sowing seed into the lives of those around them who impacted the world.
Moses raised up Joshua, who eventually led the children of Israel into the promised land.
Elijah passed on his mantle to Elisha, who would do 2x the miracles of his mentor under the mighty anointing of God.
Jesus to the disciples, Paul to timothy, the disciples to the world. Even today, we hear of many in ministry who have been influenced by ministries before them .
Smith Wigglesworth-Howard Carter-Lester Sumerall- Rod Parsley
The greatest inheritance that we can leave behind, is not money, nor houses, nor worldly wealth, but the greatest seed that we can sow into the lives of others is the message of hope and inspiration to a lost and dying world.
Everything that you have been through in your life, and come through victoriously through God Almighty, is a testimony to people surrounding you. The tests and trials that sometimes get us down, will be the key to ministry that God will use you in, if you will allow him.
He that sows to his flesh, shall of his flesh reap corruption, he that sows to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.
We shall reap if we faint not. Do not quit, do not give up, don’t give out, don’t give in. the bible says Ps. 126 :5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
There are many who have no doubt sown in tears for years and years, but the Lord told me to tell you, your harvest is near. I don’t know………
You have sown your tears for your children, for your miracle, for your healing, for your deliverance, the bible says you have been bearing precious seed, and you are about to return again with rejoicing, the tears of weeping are about to turn into tears of rejoicing, and you will bring your sheaves with you.
God is so impressed with the message of seedtime and harvest, that he sent his only begotten son in the form of a seed, which would be planted for 3 days in the earth, and reap a harvest until the end of time.
