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Thursday, December
27, 2007
Sow
What?
John 4:35-38 Say not ye,
There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you,
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to
harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life
eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you
to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are
entered into their labours. (KJV)
We have all heard that
whatever we sow is what we reap. The seed that is sown by the believer is
the word of God. Knowing how and where to effectively sow this seed is what
will produce a harvest. While many just go and scatter seed anywhere hoping
it will grow, a farmer knows what field will produce the best crops and how
to effectively sow the seed. Verse 37 is interesting in the fact that it
refers to One sower. Knowing who the true sower is and how to allow Him to work
through you is what will produce a spiritual harvest. While others may just
scatter and shotgun seed all around, letting the Lord direct your steps is
what will be the most productive. You wouldn’t plant corn in a desert or
try and grow grass in a parking lot, the same holds true in the spiritual
realm also. The Lord is sending His people into His spiritual field to reap
a spiritual harvest. Will you join His ranks knowing that as many as are
led by the Spirit, they are the Sons of God?
John 6:27-29 Labour not for
the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting
life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father
sealed. Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the
works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God,
that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. (KJV)
Jesus Christ paid the price
and completed the work that brought God’s plan of reconciliation to all
mankind. So in order to reap the benefits of this reward we enter into this
labor of love, which is no longer based on our works, but His. There is
only One sower who can effectively work through His people to sow a seed
which is the word of God that will produce an eternal harvest. Will you let
the Lord work through you and continue His work so that you can reap this
reward?
Isaiah 55:8-11 For my
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the
LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher
than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh
down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the
earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of
my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that
which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. (KJV)
So many ideas, so many
different ways man has invented to help God out in His process and tell Him
how to deliver His word. God’s word is effective and it will accomplish
what He pleases. Now the question is, will you allow it to be sent forth
through you so that you can do what pleases Him as well? The harvest is
plentiful, but the laborers are few because so many continue to sow
according to their carnal understanding and reap a crop of thorns and
thistles.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that
which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest
they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (KJV)
You wouldn’t spend the time
to cook a steak dinner for the family and then take it outside and feed the
dog. We need to be more discreet to where and how we deliver the message of
Christ. Many engage in silly childish arguments concerning the word of God
with those that are scoffers, and in the end they are pushing them farther
away rather than drawing them near. No one wins an argument; once you have
engaged in it you have already lost because you lowered yourself to their
earthly standards.
1 Corinthians 3:6-9 I have
planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he
that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the
increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man
shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are
labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
(KJV)
As verse 7 makes reference to;
the fact that the more we can stay out of the way and not try and interfere
with our own thoughts and ideas of how to sow the word of God, the more
effective we allow it to work through us. Increase means to make the plant
grow; and though God speaks through His ministers to get the crop started,
it is up to the individual to then seek the living waters if they wish to
grow and mature. Husbandry refers to a farmer, as well as a cultivated
field, which is ready to receive the seed and produce a spiritual crop.
1 Peter 1:23-25 Being born
again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the
glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower
thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this
is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. (KJV)
An incorruptible seed is
brought to life by the word of God and will only continue to grow and
prosper by this word of life. The things of man and all the glory of man
quickly fades away and is forgotten, but only the word of God and His seed
will produce a crop that will never end. Now the question is, will you
endure to the end letting this seed within you be watered with living
waters or are you settling for watered down doctrine that drowns men in
destruction with the cares of this life? Some claim seed faith is based on
money, which is a perfect example of verse 24. There are those that base a
harvest on large numbers and big buildings, when in fact the term ‘grows
like weeds’ is more fitting to those that judge by quantity and not
quality.
Matthew 13:37-40 He answered
and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The
field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the
tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the
devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be
in the end of this world. (KJV)
Jesus of Nazareth set a
perfect of example of how to sow good seed; being led by the spirit of
Christ within Him and speaking forth His word. There is an eternal harvest
available to those that are willing to work in His field and allow Father to
sow His seed through them also, so that they too can reap an eternal
harvest. Sow, what realm are you operating today? If we sow to the flesh we
will reap corruption, but if we sow to the Spirit, then of the Spirit we
can expect to reap life everlasting.
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