Think Like A Farmer (2)

This most generous God... gives you something you can then give away.
2 Corinthians 9:11


The thing you want to reap must be the thing that you sow. Why?
Because the seeds you plant will reproduce after their own kind, whether for good or for bad.
"Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap" (Galatians 6:7).
Notice, you don't necessarily reap when you sow or where you sow, but you always reap what you sow.
Some of us want to plant weeds and get roses.
We're quick to judge others, yet we ourselves are the first to plead for mercy and understanding when we mess up.
A farmer doesn't sow corn and expect to reap potatoes.
Sometimes we shake our heads and wonder why God isn't blessing us with a harvest, forgetting that we haven't sown the right seed in the first place.

And there's one more principle of sowing and reaping we need to understand. We not only reap what we sow, we always reap more.
"For God, who gives seed to the farmer to plant, and later on, good crops to harvest and eat, will give you more and more seed to plant [not to hoard] and will make it grow so that you can give away more and more fruit from your harvest. Yes, God will give you much so that you can give away much" (2 Corinthians 9:10-11 ).

Some people live by the philosophy "get all you can, can all you get, then sit on it."
But why would you want to do that when God has offered you something much better, backed up by the warranty of His Word?