THE ADVENTURE OF PLANTING SEEDS

THE ADVENTURE OF PLANTING SEEDS

This is one example of the insight you’ll get in the free book that I’m giving out this week – WORKS OF FAITH.  

 

Genesis 8:22 “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest…shall not cease.” Genesis 1:11 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.” Every seed produces after its kind.

 

Genesis 1:21 “And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” Genesis 1:24 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”

 

If a person wants a harvest of barley, he’s not going to plant apple seeds; he’s going to plant barley seeds. And when God talks about seedtime and harvest, He’s not just talking about agriculture. For example, in Proverbs 18:24, Solomon explains: “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly.” In other words, if a man wants to have friends, he should sew friendly seeds—be friendly himself.

 

This seed principle works in every category. I gave away some really nice pieces of clothing to the Salvation Army. I’ve checked out the Salvation Army, and I felt this was good ground for my clothing seed. My sister didn’t know a thing about me giving those clothes away, but when my birthday came, she had arranged for me to get a new pair of pants from my favorite dressmaker.

 

I’ve seen this principle work with so many things, including money, cars, and jobs, just to name a few. In the world, there is the system of buying and selling, but God set up the system of giving and receiving—seedtime and harvest. Whatever we might need or want, God has set it up so that if we plant that type of seed, we will get that type of harvest.

 

Of course we need to check out the ground we’re planting into, and also plant the best seeds we can. If we always plant the scraps (the stuff we don’t care about), that’s what we’ll get in our harvest.

 

One small seed can produce a huge harvest, good or bad, so we need to think about what seeds we’re planting. Take, for instance, this example: A good friend of mine had her car stolen. At that moment, she could have planted seeds of anger. But I told her a story of a preacher who had a camera stolen. Instead of getting angry, he changed his attitude about the stolen camera and declared: “I’m planting that camera as seed for an even better camera.” And he got it.

 

My friend followed suit. She planted the car as seed and, within weeks, was given a much better car. Had she chosen to plant seeds of anger over this incident, she would have received a much different harvest. In some categories, we may not be able to think of an appropriate corresponding seed to plant. For instance, if I had a broken arm and needed healing and wanted it faster than normal, I obviously can’t just go and give an arm away. But God said that His Word can be used as seed.

 

Genesis 49:23 says: “The arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God.” I can sow that verse as a seed. Jesus said about the sower: “The sower soweth the word” (Mark 4:14). I find the verses that fit for me. I write those down, meditate on them, and say them repeatedly, planting them as seeds into my own heart. Then I start looking for my harvest.

 

Let’s take some time to think about what kind of wonderful harvests we’d like to experience and begin planting our seeds. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Gal 6:7).

 

Love, Carolyn

 

QUESTIONS FOR PONDERING OR DISCUSSION

1. What kind of a harvest would you like to see in your relationships? Finances? Ministry? Health and fitness? Goods and services to you?

2. What seeds can you plant for each of the harvests you listed in question 1?

3. To you, what would be the difference between a significant seed you would plant and one that is less than your best? What kind of soil have you planted in?

4. Have you ever taken the opportunity to plant something that was stolen from you? What was it, and what happened when you planted it?

 

FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS SUBJECT:

Job 4:8 1

Corinthians 15:36-38

Psalm 107:36-38

2 Corinthians 9:6

Psalm 126:5 2

Corinthians 9:10

Proverbs 22:8

Ecclesiastes 11:1 KJV, MSG, NLT

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Jeremiah 4:3

Mark 4:20

Luke 6:38