Galatians 6:7 – “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”  NKJV

Let’s pick up again on considering the Law of Harvest.  We considered five things regarding harvest in our previous devotional:

• Seed Must Be Sown Before You Can Have Any Harvest.
• That Sown Seed Must Be Rendered Useless To The Sower.
• The Seed Sown Determines the Type of Harvest.
• The Size of the Harvest is Determined at the Time of Sowing.
• The Seed Must Be Sown in Good Soil.

             Each of those is critical to obtaining a good harvest.  Now we move on to further elements involved in the harvest in our lives.

• The Crop Must Be Cared For to Have a Full Harvest.   Matthew 13:7 – “…and the thorns sprung up, and choked them…”   In the natural and spiritual you cannot leave the seed unprotected against the ravages of a hostile environment – – [bugs, birds, weeds, drought, etc.]  Jesus commanded us in Matthew 6:33 to ‘seek first’ the kingdom of God and His righteousness with the promise that ALL THESE THINGS would then be added to us.  If we place God first in our lives we will find the sown seed protected.

• The Sowing Is Always To Harvest Size Not From Harvest Size.  Genesis 26:12 – “…Isaac sowed in the land, and received… an hundredfold…”   There was a famine in the land and the world’s way would be to have gone to Egypt but he stayed in the land and saw the harvest.  Farmers understand this principle in agriculture, but most miss it in finance or most anything else.  We normally sow ‘from’ our need rather than ‘to’ our need.  Why?   Fear of insufficiency. 

Remember the biblical account of Elijah in 1 Kings 17?  God told the prophet He had prepared a widow in Zarephath to SUSTAIN him.  The widow had not heard that word and when the prophet asked for food she resisted telling him that she had only enough to prepare one meager meal for herself and her child then they would die.  HOLD THE PHONE…  Didn’t God say He had commanded her to SUSTAIN the prophet?  She relented and obeyed and the miracle (harvest) happened.  Disobedience would mean death but obedience meant harvest.   Blessing or death is our choice!  

• Expenses Are Always Greatest At Harvest Time.  Matthew 20:1 – “…a man that is an householder… went out early in the morning to hire laborers…”   When the harvest is ripe there is unction, in your spirit that says: “It is time for harvest.”  That is the time to give (whatever it is) in a greater measure.  In the natural you have to hire laborers, bring in the equipment, etc.   It is expensive to gather the harvest!  In the spiritual why not let the laborers loose in your fields.  That just might be the key you have been looking for.

• A Portion of Every Harvest is For Sowing.  2 Corinthians 9:10 – “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.”  (TLB)  You never want a ONE TIME harvest!

• A Portion of Every Harvest is For Eating.  1 Corinthians 9:7 – “…who plants a vineyard, and eats not the fruit thereof?”

• Every Harvest is a Miracle.  1 Corinthians 3:6 – “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”

2 Corinthians 9:6 advises that if we give little we reap little.  The size of the planting directly affects the size of the harvest for the law of multiplication comes into play.  That is never questioned in farming but frequently not understood in spiritual things.

 Luke 6:38 – “Give and IT shall be will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom.  For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

IT – – is not just money it is everything!   May God be with you as you go through this day!