After Sowing Don’t Sleep

Bible texts: Isaiah 55:10
 Genesis 15:5-18

When our Lord Jesus Christ walked the earth, in several of His parables, He used the principles of farming to teach His disciples about how God’s Kingdom operates. It is, therefore important for us to operate the Knowledge of farming principles in our quest to obtain a good harvest from Gods kingdom. Isaiah 55:10 gives us some insight in this regard.

“For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not tither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater”.
From this verse of scripture, we understand that God is the one who gives seed to the sower. He gives you seed and expects you to sow it. Never eat your seed! Even physical seeds usually taste bitter or unpalatable to the taste but because they were not designed to be eaten in the first place.


May God give us the grace to sow all the seeds you need to sow in order to generate your desired harvests! Besides giving the sower seed, God also gives the eater bread. There is food for the eater and seed for the sower. After sowing, God expects you to water the seed. Don’t go to sleep after sowing your seed- Get ready for some really hard work. As a farmer’s son, I can tell you a few things about farming.

Before you can even sow, you have to clear the grounds and build heaps. After sowing, you have to do some weeding. As your seed is germinating, weeds will begin to grow alongside; you have to get rid of these. While it may be easy to sow, it is not easy to weed. One fellow can sow on a verse expanse of Land but it will be very difficult for the same fellow to clear that land all by himself.
To obtain a quality harvest, God expects you to follow sound farming principles. Learn from the farmer. Not every harvest is made for the stomach, some must be kept aside for the next planting season.

After you have sown your seed, water it with prayer, fasting, and thanksgiving. After Abraham offered a sacrifice to GOD, he did not go to sleep. He stood there watching, waiting for God to receive it. While he waited, He saw some birds descending on the sacrifice in order to destroy it. He drove them away and thereafter the fire fell.

You can weed your spiritual farm after sowing seeds by living righteously before God. The devil will come craftily to introduce tares of sin into your life so as to destroy your harvest. Hence, after sowing, you must remain holy, prayerful, thankful and completely obedient in order to enter into your harvest.

Keep points: If you sleep after sowing seed, your harvest may be a disappointment. Watch over your seed prayerfully.


Source: Open Heavens 
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