Sowing and Reaping

Everything we have is from God. We cannot out give God.

The Word, and everything we have been given are God’s seeds in our lives. We are the farmers. We sow what we have been given into the soil, into the field which is the world and the lives of others. God is the provider. He provides the ready field, the sun, the rain, and the conditions needed to multiply and grow His seeds.

If we sow sparingly, we will reap sparingly. If we only plant or give away a few seeds, we will reap little. We cannot harvest what we do not plant.
When we are generous and plant abundantly, we will experience abundance.

God doesn’t need our finances. He does look at what we do with all that He has given us. Are we selfish and self serving? Do we sow back into God’s Kingdom? Is having money our goal? Is it our idol? What are our priorities? What we do with what we have been given proves or disproves our faith and faithfulness to God. Our checkbook is a good indicator of where we spend our money. Is giving to God’s Kingdom one of our priorities? If it is, He will reward us with His Blessings and Favor.

God wants us to prosper in our mind, body, and spirit. In Malachi 3:8-10, God tells us that we have cheated Him of the tithes and offerings due to Him. He challenges us to prove Him by sowing into the Kingdom. “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says The Lord Almighty, “I will open the windows of Heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it. Let me prove it to you. Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.” This is the only scripture where God asks us to test Him and His promise. I have found His promise to be true and I thank Him for His Word, instruction, blessings, and favor in my life.

In Matthew 6:33, God tells us to seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and everything else will be given to us. When we pray, we should pray first for God to give us Spiritual insight and meaning. He is working all things for good in our lives (Romans 8:28). When we are praying this way, He will give us spiritual wisdom. He will guide us to make the right decisions and then He will supply our material needs. He will align His will with ours. Our prayers will not be selfish. He knows our needs before we even pray for them. When we are seeking to be in God’s will, we probably are, because if we weren’t we wouldn’t have been searching in the first place. God knows our hearts and our motives.

Lord, hear my prayer, keep my motives pure, help me to be obedient. Help me to give back to your kingdom. Lord, use what I have learned, so far, in my faith journey to touch the lives of others for you. My blog is one way in which I can be a farmer and sow your seeds and the gifts which I have been given back into your Kingdom. To God be the Glory in all I do and say. In my life Lord, be glorified! Amen