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

We are planting a crop that will be harvested in the coming days.  Well, crops because each day, we are sowing seeds that will come to fruition.  Don’t live sowing your wild oats, and spend the rest of your days praying for crop failure!  Sow for the harvest you 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 30 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, and 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 would 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.

Live each day knowing that the Law of Sowing and Reaping never fails.  Luke 6:38 says, “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

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

I pray that the LORD will enable you to sow to the Harvest You Desire!   May He bless you abundantly, guide and guard you, and enable you to see His Kingdom come, and His will be done on Earth as it is done in Heaven! 

Today would be a great day to sow kindness, love, mercy, goodness, and help where help is needed.  That is a harvest we could all stand more of!

Remember that in Jesus, Joy comes in the morning, and God’s blessings and mercies are new every morning.   Have a fantastic day, and rejoice; God is still on the Throne!

Have a Great Day in Jesus!