Planting and Harvest

Wednesday, August 3

Planting and Harvest

As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.” Genesis 8:22

First planting seeds. Then harvesting the crop. As long as the earth exists, this is the way things work on earth. This principle is also true in the spiritual realm as well as in the physical realm. God’s Word teaches that our words and our actions are the seeds we plant, that produce a harvest in our life.

If we are merciful to others, we will be treated with mercy. If we show love and respect, others will show love and respect to us. If we speak words of faith and blessing, good things will increase in our lives. But if we continually speak of fear, doubt, and trouble, life will not go well for us.

Seed, Time, and then Harvest is how God operates. This is a biblical principle.

First, you have the seed, which must be planted. The planting season is never a good one, but what comes next – growth is rewarding. After planting, then the seed grows. Growth takes time. This is why it can be helpful to remember this principle as “seed, time, and then harvest.” Those are the three phases of receiving what God has provided for you. Plant the seed. Be patient, trust in God’s timing, keep believing and hold onto faith while the seed grows. Then you will reap a harvest of blessings.

When Jesus wanted to explain to people how God operates in His Kingdom (or rule), He told them it could be illustrated by planting a seed, which will then grow, and produce a harvest.

When seed is planted, it grows up, and increases.