GOD’S ABUNDANCE IN A SEED
“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest…. will never cease.” (Genesis 8:22, NIV).
God is abundantly generous but also very wise. He does not want us to live only from handouts from Him. He wants us to live in obedience to His ways so that we can grow in trust and dependence.
So, He built the amazing principle of seedtime and harvest into everything He does. Creation began with one of each species with the potential to reproduce through seeds. “God blessed them (the water and sky creatures – author’s comment) and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number…”” (Genesis 1:22). The harvest from which we eat, comes from seed (Genesis 8:22);children are born to us from seed (Gal 3:16);faith is given to us as a seed (Matthew 17:20);God’s Word is seed (Luke 8:11; 1 Peter 1:23);the kingdom of heaven is a seed (Matt 13:31);our Saviour was a seed (John 12:24); even ourmoney is seed (2 Cor 9:10).
When you look at an apple, what do you see, some fruit to eat or the potential of an orchard of apple trees? It all depends on your perspective.
As our Father, God has pledged to meet all our needs but, if we do not understand the law of the harvest, we will miss one of His most amazing and exciting principles. He wants us to partner with Him in everything we do, including releasing His supply of resources for our lives, so He put everything into seed form. Every seed, no matter what kind it is, has the power within itself to produce a harvest but it must be sown in the appropriate soil in order to release its power.
Our responsibility is not only to sow the seed, but to put it into the right soil; for example, money buried in the ground, or in the bank, will not grow, but given away to someone in need, will produce a harvest
“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:6,7, NIV).
Whatever our need might be, if we sow the appropriate seed into the right soil, we will reap what we have sown, according to the amount we have sown.
This principle applies to everything we do. If we sow friendship, we will reap friendship, if we sow love, we will reap love, if we sow conflict, we will reap conflict etc. The principle works for everything.
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:10-11
The outworking of this law has an even bigger purpose than just meeting our needs. Through the harvest, God not only increases our store of seed but also enlarges our harvest of righteousness. It is right to be generous and every time we give, we increase our capacity to be like God. Wow! That’s what God wants!
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