The Law of the Harvest

Welcome to Insights with Pastor John.

I'm Pastor John Moore and today's

episode is the law of the harvest. But

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talk about the law of the harvest. And

what the law of the harvest is is in the

beginning when God created everything

and he commanded the plants and the

grass and the fruit trees and everything

go one of the things he said was to let

every seedbearing plant bear after its

own kind.

And that's God setting things in order.

So the law of the harvest comes from

Galatians 6 and7.

It says be not deceived. God is not

mocked, for whatsoever a man seweth,

that shall he also reap.

When I was a boy, I used to help my mom

with a garden. And one of the things my

mom would say was, "Well, when you plant

corn, you get corn." So, we would place

the corn in in rows and we put it in

there and she we'd cover it, we'd begin

to water it, and the crop would come up.

And when we planted corn, we got corn.

You didn't find watermelons or apples or

tomatoes growing growing where you

planted the corn. You found corn. So

it's a simple truth that even as a child

I understood that if I sewed corn, if I

put corn in the garden, I was going to

get corn back.

And the same thing applies to our

spiritual life. And it's things that we

need to keep in mind as we go through

life that uh there's a statement I made

not too long ago and this is that

statement. You reap what you sow and

what you water grows. So that's an

important con uh concept to have in

mind. Whatever it is that you plant,

then you expect to get that back

as a harvest.

And that when you plant that seed in a

garden, you have to water it or you

don't get if you expect to get that

crop, then you're going to water that

crop so it'll grow and produce fruit. So

you reap what you sow and what you water

grows.

So

we want to uh look at this and look at

this from Paul's point of view and the

things that he said in a biblical

context. So Paul's writing to the church

of Galatia and he warned them against

returning to a life of sin and fleshly

living after receiving the truth of

Christ. So the law of the harvest is not

just an agricultural fact. It's a divine

principle woven into God's moral oral

moral order and it reminds us of three

truths. There's three things about the

law of the harvest. The first thing is

number one, you reap what you sow. The

second one is you reap later than you

sew. You don't go out to a garden and

plant corn today and expect to go out

tomorrow and reap corn. It takes time.

And the other thing about reaping uh the

law of the harvest is that you reap more

than you sow. Uh give you an an example

of corn. One corn one kernel of corn

produces one corn plant that produces

three ears of corn. And each ear of corn

has you know a couple hundred kernels of

corn per ear. So, if you can look at

that context,

I planted a corn, one kernel of corn,

and the corn plant came up. It's got

three ears on it, and each ear has got

about two 160 to 200 kernels of corn on

it. So, from one kernel of corn that I

planted, I got back

uh between four and 600 kernels of corn.

you reap more than you sow.

So I want to put that in and get that

into context because our lives as

Christian is full of choices and each

choice that we make is a seed. We're

sowing something with every choice. What

you sew today will grow into into

tomorrow's harvest. And this is true in

your finances. It's true in

relationships and spiritual growth and

eternal destiny. So, what we're going to

do today is we're going to go take a

look at God's unchangeable law of

harvest. The first point is you reap

what you sow.

Uh,

and a farmer

planting wheat doesn't expect to harvest

barley.

Spiritually growing

uh sewing in sin will produce corruption

and sewing in the spirit will yield life

eternal. The key verse is for they have

sown the wind and they shall reap the

whirlwind. That's in Hosea 8:7. This is

in in regards to sewing in the things

that aren't going to produce something

productive for you.

A man who continually sews bitterness

will eventually be surrounded by broken

relationships.

So, and understanding that in

relationships,

it's just like growing a garden. It's

like any other thing. When you're in a

relationship, the first thing that's

required for a relationship to be

successful is communication. You have to

communicate one to another. If what

you're communicating is always

bitterness, anger, hatred, strife,

that's exactly what you're going to get

back. But if you're sewing

into the fruit of the spirit and you're

sewing love and cooperation

and uh

putting the needs of others before

yourself, that is exactly what you're

going to get in return.

So the first thing you need to do when

you're going to apply these rules of the

law of the harvest is you need to ask

yourself a question. And that question

is this. What kind of seeds am I

planting in my thoughts, in my words,

and in my actions? Because everything we

do has consequences.

Uh when my son was growing up, I used to

tell him, "Everything you do, you're

either going to reap a reward and a

blessing or you're going to reap a

consequence and a curse."

And it applies to that applies to us and

everything we do. So,

always ask yourself, what kind of seeds

am I planting?

in my thoughts, am I focusing on the

things of God? You know, uh Joshua 1:9,

it says to meditate upon the word day

and night that you may have success,

that you may prosper wherever you go.

He's telling you what to think on uh to

think on these things. Uh Philippians

4:8, another prime example, think on

these things. If you what you think is

what you become,

that's what seeds you're sewing.

And always remember that when you're

doing when you're sewing seeds, you're

going to produce a crop. It doesn't

matter what it is, it's going to produce

something. Um, if you if you plant

weeds, you're going to get weeds. If you

plant a crop, you're going to get a

crop. Remember, you reap what you sow

and what you waters. What you water is

what you grow.

The second point I want to look at is to

understand that you reap later than you

sow. It's important. No harvest comes

immediately after planting. There's

always a waiting season. The same is

true spiritually. Both good and bad

seeds take time to produce results.

Um, if I spend all my time

sewing and watering

the bad things that I'm looking at in

life and it's all I can think about,

it's all I focus on. It's all I look

forward to. That's exactly the crop I'm

going to get back. And it's important

that we understand that that it is

of the utmost importance actually that

as we're going through as we're sewing

seed that we sew good seed into good

ground and then we water that seed and

tend that seed so it produces a good

crop.

Listen to what Paul says in Galatians

6:9. He says, "And let us not be weary

in welloing, for in due season we shall

reap if we faint not,

no matter what's going on in your life."

And and Romans 8:28 speaks of this. It

says, "In everything, give thanks, for

this is the will of God in Christ Jesus

concerning you." That means in the good

and the bad if you're so in thanks. He

also tells you in Thessalonians it says

that uh

in everything give thanks for this is

the will of God in Christ Jesus

concerning you. So when you learn how to

be thankful when things are bad, you can

be doubly thankful when things are good.

When I'm sewing

and I'm expecting to re reap a harvest,

what I get back is exactly what I sowed

and watered.

And you know, there's other things that

Jesus said like what you do in secret,

God will reward you for openly. So, you

have to examine your life. If you're if

you have a life of secret sin, in other

words, you do these things where nobody

can see them except for God, eventually

that's going to produce a crop. And you

may look good for for years, but one day

the fruit will appear. And you know, the

same thing applies

to doing good things.

uh when you're doing things that are

that line up to God's word and you're

living your life according to the

principles in God's word and you're

doing what God says eventually you're

going to reap a harvest of what you've

seown. So stay faithful in the planting

season even when you don't see results

yet knowing and having confidence that

at some point eventually I am going to

reap a harvest of what I've sown.

And then u

the third point is that you reap more

than you sow.

A single seed produces as I said

produces many times its own kind. Sin

multiplies as well and so does

righteousness. What you're sewing is

going to produce a c crop and it's going

to produce an abundant crop and it's

either going to produce an abundantly

good crop or it's going to produce an

abundantly bad crop and you determine

which kind of crop you get.

Um Jesus talked about uh in Matthew 13:8

he was talking about sewing good seed.

He said, "But other fella into good

ground and bought forth fruit, some

100fold, some 60fold, and some 30fold."

Small acts of kindness can ripple into

generations of blessings. You can change

people's lives by your actions. Uh don't

don't underestimate the power of one

seed, one prayer, one gift, one word of

encouragement.

And all of these things are critical in

you becoming and producing the very best

that you can. Um, let me give you some

biblical references. You go back and

look them up. There's Galatians 6 and

7-9,

Hosea 8:7, Matthew 13:8, Proverbs 11:18,

and 2 Corinthians 9 and 6, and Job 4:8.

And so God's law of the harvest is

inescapable.

You reap what you sow.

And every day where seeds are are

leaving your hand, you're sewing

and entering the soil of life. The

question is, what are you planting?

Today, God invites you to sew to the

spirit repentance, obedience, love, and

faith. The greatest seed you can plant

is to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord

and Savior.

And then finally, I want to pray with

you. Father, help us to sew seeds that

honor you. Forgive the seeds of sin

we've planted and give us grace to begin

aresh today. May our lives bear a

harvest of righteousness to your glory

in Jesus name. Amen. So this week, begin

to look at the seeds you're sewing.

Understand that those seeds that you're

sewing are going to produce a crop of

some kind. If you're sewing uh seeds of

uh destruction, you're going to reap

destruction. If you're sewing seeds of

blessing, you're going to receive

blessing. So, as you go through your

day, consider what you're sewing and

then realize that you need to water this

good seeds and you need to weed out the

bad ones. So, we'll see you guys next

week on our next episode of Insights

with Pastor John. Biblical Principles

for Daily Living. And I want to bless

you in Jesus name.