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God gives you seed and increases your harvest!

“Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.” (2 Cor. 9:10 NIV)

Seeds must be planted in order to grow

Some palm tree seeds were found in an ancient Egyptian tomb over 2,000 years old! They were planted, they grew and produced wonderful dates. Life was still inside those seeds after all those years! But, they did nothing until they we’re put into some soil. Only then did they finally grow!

God has provided good seeds for you to plant and grow! But, until you actually plant them, nothing will happen for you! Sadly, many go without because they don’t plant their seeds!

Seeds for bread and seeds for righteousness

Two kinds of seed harvests are mentioned in the top passage:

1) Seeds for a harvest of bread

2) Seeds for a harvest of righteousness

Facts about seeds:

  • You won’t have a crop without seeds. But, the good news is that God has provided them for you. (2 Cor. 9:10)

  • Each seed is filled with life and potential. 30, 60, 100-fold return per seed! You will get more than you plant, a bigger return! (Matt. 13:8).

  • You must plant the seed. They will only work for you if you plant them! “For whatever a man might sow, that also he will reap.” (Gal. 6:7).

  • You must plant in good soil. (Matt. 13:8)

  • You must wait for it. It takes time, but planted seeds will eventually bring a harvest.

What good seeds are you planting?

Plant good seeds of excellent work habits 

God supplies all your needs (Phil. 4:19), but they are often disguised as raw materials and hard work! God will supply work for you to do (Eph. 2:10), but you must do the work necessary to reap a good harvest from it. Show up to your job on time and with a good attitude. Don’t be lazy! Work hard to accomplish the best results possible with excellence. Work for your employer as though you were actually working for the Lord, Himself.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” (Col. 3:23 NIV)

Plant good seeds of righteousness

Sow seeds of love and kindness. Don’t treat others the way they necessarily treat you but instead treat them as God has treated you.

“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” (Eph. 4:32 NASB)

“I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’” (Hosea 10:12 NLT)

“I planted…… God gave the growth.” (1 Cor. 3:7)

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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)

You will reap what you sow!

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 (Gen. 8:22). 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, Matt. 7:16). 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 will bring the most increase. And I then give confidently to them.

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 sows, that shall he also reap.” (Gal. 6:7). 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 am now able to sow much more than I used to, and I do so cheerfully. Praise God!!!!

Therefore…

“You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. ‘For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.’” (2 Cor. 9:7 NLT)

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