What you plant is what you get, and so much more!
“Remember this: whosoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.” (2 Cor. 9:6 NIV)
The Bible says plainly that “you reap what you sow” and everything you sow (good and bad) works like a seed in God’s kingdom way of doing things. And there are many, many verses in the Old and New Testament that clearly say this. Yes, it is very important to understand “seed, time, and harvest” principles. And yes, you need to be planting good seeds into God’s kingdom. This is the main way God blesses his kids. In fact, this is something that God tells you to test Him about (Malachi 3:10), and He says the blessing will be so large you won’t be able to contain it.
Don’t throw out the baby!
So, don’t get put off by looking at people you are turned off personally by who tell you to send them your “seed faith” money. Just because there are people who may be using these principles in ways you don’t like don’t make God’s Word and promises of provision untrue. Don’t throw out “the baby with the bath”! The devil loves to get you to not do God’s principles (for any negative reason) so that you won’t benefit from them!
Check out the fruit
Yes, you MUST plant money as seed, but do what I do! I find ministries that I really trust and believe in and then I support them! I look at their fruit (you will know them by their fruit). And I check them out in other ways too (through legitimate agencies who track non-profit’s money usage), so that I can make sure my money is being used as they claim it is and in ways which bring the most increase. And I then give cheerfully to them because “God loves a cheerful giver!”
Don’t eat your seed!
By the way, when I first discovered these principles, I had very little. And I was tempted to eat my seed rather than to sow it! But God showed me something powerful about sowing seed in the following verse: “Be not deceived, God is not mocked! Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Gal. 6:7 NKJ). First, you always get the same thing you plant! If you plant a radish seed, you won’t get potatoes! If you plant discord you won’t get peace. It works the same way with everything in God’s created world, including money! Secondly, you get more than what you plant! If you plant just one corn seed, you don’t get back just one corn seed, you get a plant with lots and lots of corn! So, it doesn’t take much seed to get a great harvest! And then thirdly, it comes later (takes time). Seed not only must be planted in good soil, but it takes time for it to grow and produce a crop that you can harvest. That’s why it is important to be planting good seed of all kinds continuously.
Be a cheerful giver. God loves them!
I give every way I can and I am very much blessed because of it! I once only had little to plant, but now I can sow and reap much more. Praise God!!!!