Remember
This - -
A Farmer Who Plants
Only A Few Seeds Will Get A Small Crop.
A Farmer Who Plants
Only A Few Seeds Will Get A Small Crop.
Scripture
2
Corinthians 9
6 Remember
this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop.
But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
Observation
If
you and I learn this principle and put it into practice it will
radically change our lives!
A
person who wants to argue over whether the Bible teaches that we as
believers should “tithe” or not misses the entire point of why
we should give in the first place!
The
Apostle Paul explains why we should be very generous and he uses an
illustration that all of us, even those who never grew up out in the
country, who have never set foot on a farm should be able to grasp!
It is not rocket science!
It
is the law of the harvest.
I
remember Dr. Waylon B. Moore teaching us this principle when Kathy
and I were first married. That was over 45 years ago (now over 50
years ago) and I have never forgotten what he taught us on the area
of giving!
Here
are a few things that I remember about the law of the harvest:
- Reap only what we sow. (If you don’t sow anything then you are not going to reap anything.
- Reap same kind as we sow. (If you plant apple seeds you don’t get orange trees.)
- Reap in a different season than we sow.
- Reap more than what we sow. (Luke 6:38)
The
point this morning is that you and I can’t out give our Heavenly
Father!
2
Corinthians 9:10
For
God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to
eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources
and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
Don’t
we want God to produce a great harvest of generosity in us?
Application
I will continue
to look for ways to be generous today. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You are so generous with me. Help me be generous with those
around me. I pray for my friends this morning who are sheltered in.
I pray for protection for them. Help them spend extra time in Your
Word and extra time with You. Encourage them this morning, Lord.
Encourage them.
I
pray for those who have to be in the hospital right now. What a
lonely time it can be for them. May they sense Your presence in the
room with them. Give them strength. I pray for healing. Be with
their doctors and nurses – give them wisdom and help them to be
attentive.
And
… Thank You for this Gift (Jesus) who is too wonderful for
words! 2
Corinthians 9:15
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 6,7; Psalm 72; 2 Corinthians 9
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