Luke 6:38 – “Give, and IT will be given to you.  They will pour into your lap a good measure – pressed down, shaken together, running over.  For by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you in return.”  LSB

This is the day the LORD has made, and it is filled with possibilities!  Rejoice and seize the day!  What I want to focus on today is that each of us is planting a crop that will be harvested in the days to come. 

There will be a harvest because each day, we are sowing seeds that will come to fruition.  Some live in turmoil because they have sown their wild oats and are now faced with praying for crop failure!    Instead, we should be sowing for the harvest we want.

We tend to forget that our yesterdays are when we sowed the seeds that are producing the harvest today.  The Lord reminded me of something I wrote nearly 25 years ago as I contemplated life, sowing, and reaping when I considered living the abundant life that Jesus came to give.

Yesterdays

Sometimes, we mortals seem to forget,

Each day is filled with things which tomorrow we may regret.

Our yesterdays with memories are filled.

Some make us sad, and with others, we are thrilled.

But once the day is over, all its hours are spent.

We sometimes look back with regret at the message we have sent.

Our yesterdays are filled with decisions which daily we have made.

There we incurred debts which in our tomorrows must be paid.

If we remember each passing day,

That harvest time for this hour we will face along life’s way.

Daily, we should live with this thought in mind.

The Fruit of what we plant today, tomorrow we shall find.

We should live each day knowing that the Law of Sowing and Reaping never fails.  Luke 6:38 is our foundation.

A key to remember is the little word “IT.”  What we give, we get.  We do not sow tomatoes and get watermelons.  We will not reap wheat and corn if we sow thistles and thorns.  If we sow hate, we will not reap love. If we sow compassion, we will reap compassion. 

What is your greatest need and the greatest need of those around you?  Sow to it!   God desires to bless us and enrich our lives.  He wants us to have harvests that are beneficial and abundant with blessings, not filled with sorrow, pain, and defeat.

My prayer for each one is that the LORD will enable us to sow to the Harvest We Desire!   May He bless each one abundantly, guide and guard us, enabling us to see His Kingdom come and His will done on Earth as it is done in Heaven! 

Today would be a great day to begin sowing kindness, love, mercy, goodness, and help where help is needed. 

That is a harvest we could all stand more of!  Have a fantastic day!