We Harvest, What We Plant

7God will never be mocked! For what you plant will always be the very thing you harvest. 8The harvest you reap reveals the seed that you planted. If you plant the corrupt seeds of self-life into this natural realm, you can expect a harvest of corruption. If you plant the good seeds  of Spirit-life you will reap beautiful fruits that grow from the everlasting life of the Spirit.

9And don’t allow yourselves to be weary in planting good seeds, for the season of reaping the wonderful harvest you’ve planted is coming! 10Take advantage of every opportunity to be a blessing to others, especially to our brothers and sisters in the family of faith!

[Galatians 6:7-10 TPT]

Every day we have the opportunity to be a blessing to those around us, to live a life pleasing to God, to display God's goodness, and fulfill the will of God. Through our actions, our thoughts and our words we have the ability to produce good things. Every choice we make is a seed, that gets put into the ground. The seeds that are given water, and sun, develop into a little seedling, eventually growing a crop, this is symbolic of good deeds produced by the Holy Spirit. There are seeds that are placed into the ground, the soil is hard, lacking nutrients, and never develops into a seedling, it dies. This is symbolic of wick deeds produced by the carnal flesh.

For the last several years, I have enjoyed how to garden in my own backyard. It is not as easy as it looks, but it was so rewarding to see growth. Before planting seeds into the new pot, I had to make sure the soil was fresh and new removing the old before the new seed was planted. The pot symbolizes the heart, daily we should come to God for his cleansing, asking for forgiveness of anything that would hinder growth. Next, i would make sure the pots had a hole for drainage, i learned that you can easily overwater plants and that water has no ability to drain out. Water symbolizes the Living Water, the Holy Spirit. We need to allow Jesus to flow through us, not to become a holding tank of his word that then loses its freshness and becomes dormant but a vessel that his spirit can provide all that we need each and every day when we get washed by the Word of God. This allows a filtering system, the old is removed and the new is emerging the seedling. Next, each plant would require sun, I found that temperature and climate have an overwhelming effect on whether the seedling flourishes or barley becomes a plant. In the right temperature the plant thrives. The sun symbolizes Jesus the Son, as Christians we need to be in contact with our Savior. We need to be under his cascading light. We need his light to shine through us, giving us the nutrients to grow vigorously.

It's important to take note that each seed, has an approximate germinating time till it begins to develop into a seedling. Paul reminds us in the verse above, "to not get weary in well doing." As gardeners of our heart, we must tend to the seed day in and day out. A beautiful garden doesn't grow in one day. We must build character of perseverance to continue doing what is right, and what is necessary, to receive a harvest. God is more concerned of the condition of the heart. Time is in God's hand. Trusting the process of sowing and reaping, knowing God is faithful to reward those who diligently seek him and his ways.

For the believer, this looks like, daily prayer, daily bible devotions, character building, loving and serving others, practicing gratitude, becoming a disciple and sharing the gospel, etc.  There are many ways we can sow seeds of righteousness. For the spouse, the way we sow positively into our spouse effecting their growth. For the parents, we can sow positively into our children. For the employee/ employer we can sow positively into the work environment. For the citizen, we can sow positively into the community.

Reference:

Matthew 13:38 (TPT)

And the field is the world. The good seeds I sow are the children of the kingdom realm. The weeds are the children of the Evil One,

Hebrews 11:6 (TPT)

And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. For we come to God in faith knowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who passionately seek him.

Proverbs 11:18 (TPT)

Evil people may get a short-term gain, but to sow seeds of righteousness will bring a true and lasting reward.

Today pray with me:

Jesus, help me to sow seeds of righteousness from a pure heart, willing and ready to bring you glory and knowing you will produce the harvest. Amen