Seed Time and Harvest

GENESIS 8:22 NIV “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

You plant seeds, then in due season you harvest the crops. As long as the earth exists, this is the way things work on earth. This is true in the spiritual realm as well as in the physical realm. The Bible teaches that our words and our actions are the seeds we plant, that produce a harvest in our life. If we are merciful to others, we will be treated with mercy. If we show love and respect, others will show love and respect to us. If we speak words of faith and blessing, good things will increase in our lives. But if we continually speak fear, doubt, and trouble, life will not go well for us. A man reaps what he sows (Galatians 6:7 NIV). The world has a saying based on this principle, “what goes around comes around.” We reap what we sow; using modern terms, we harvest what we plant. And the more we plant, the larger our harvest will be good or bad. The Bible teaches us that the kingdom of God operates on the “seed principle.” (2 Corinthians 9: 6 NIV). So the wise course of action is to continually give out what you would like to receive. If you desire respect, respect others. Would you like people to give you things? Then continually look for opportunities to give to others (Luke 6:38 NLT). Seed, Time, and then Harvest is how God operates. When Jesus wanted to explain to people how God operates in His Kingdom (or rule), He told them it could be illustrated by planting a seed, which will then grow, and produce a harvest (Mark 4:30-32 NLT). Plant the seed. Be patient and keep believing while the seed grows. Then you will reap a harvest of blessing.