Sowing And Reaping

Hey Sis
I can't thank you enough for all your help, you are such a God send and I will always be grateful for you!!!! I mean that from the bottom of my heart!!! And NO, no amount is too small or an insult!!!! God does not look at the amount He looks at the heart and the sacrifice in which it is given!!! Jesus was not insulted or worried about the 5 loaves and 2 fishes (even though His need was great), because all He does is multiply it!! Heard a very interesting word on that yesterday! Jesus took what He was given and blessed it, He then broke it (took some and sowed it) and gave it to the disciples (He didn't give it direct to the people because then there would be less multiplication) the disciples then broke off some and gave it to the people, they then broke off some and gave to each other! Each time each person broke off a piece it multiplied and resulted in a huge harvest!!! I have for some years been trying to understand and practice this principal because it is the foundation to the way God operates, there are 2 systems that operate on the earth, one is the world’s system of buying and selling (one person is always at a loss, especially if you're in Zim!!) then God's system is the Kingdom of God and it's based on sowing and reaping (no-one ever loses, the giver gains a multiplied harvest and the receiver gets blessed as well 2 Cor 9:13).Often when we are looking for a breakthrough in something the first thing we need to do apart from praying is sow a seed! But you will always get the naysayer that say OH but you can't buy a miracle!! And no you can't but God waits for us to release what's in our hand before He will release what's in His (that makes sense, why should He give us anything if we refuse to give?? Think about it, it is the exact same principal with forgiving, He will not forgive us until we forgive).

The easiest way to understand all of this is through the natural and coming from farming stock we can see it! If a farmer said to you I'm not going to sow my seed but leave it in the barn, but I'm expecting a huge harvest this year you would put a straight jacket on him wouldn’t you?? As long as you have got seed, that is sown, you will always have a multiplied harvest. So even if an amount is small all that has to be done is to ask God's blessing on it, break some off and sow it and it will multiply, 30, 60, or 100 fold. Imagine a 100 fold on U$5 is U$500. You just cannot lose!! I even asked God the other day can you expect a harvest off your tithe? He said it's a seed isn't it? There is a lot more to understand about this e.g. your seed has to go into soil, the soil must be fertile (i.e. don't give into something that is not anointed or that God hasn't told you to as it will not grow Isah 55:11).

Then there is season, there are certain times of the year that are more fertile than others, this is during the 3 feasts that God called Ex 23:14-16 1/ Passover April/May. 2/ Pentecost 50 days after. 3/ Feast of Tabernacles, Day of Atonement Oct/Nov. Then it has to be watered, we water our seed by meditating on the Word and expectation James 5:7 - i.e. if you don't believe you will receive a harvest, then you won't, it's as simple as that and weeding the doubt and fear out by staying focused on the Word and being steadfast in patience. Then there is sowing in a valley (valley or famine represents difficulty Gen 26). My favourite pastor, Pastor Rod Parsley (on TBN) always says "You never sow on the mountain, you always sow in the valley" Ecc 11:4 says if you wait until favourable conditions you will never sow but if you don't sow you won't receive a harvest!

Our seed is the way God can measure our faith. Also sowing doesn't only mean finances, some of my greatest harvests have come when I've sown of myself!! Words are also seeds, we will reap what we say, for the negative or the positive (frightening thought!) also time and your talents are seeds which we can sow but will only produce a harvest if the Blessing is on it!

Hey sorry didn't mean to turn this into a sermon, but in the same token it's so important to understand this principal as the time we are going into we are going to have to operate on it! Let me explain, the world system is about to collapse, as we can see it already happening, so the system which we are so used to and have been brought up in, is no longer going to work for us!! In Zim we are a few years ahead and I can tell you in advance what's going to happen!! We are at the stage where business is very slow and it's very difficult to sell ("buying and selling") your commodities! Jobs are going to be more scarce but your job is not your source, as a child of God, God is your source!!!

There is also a lot of talk lately about the transferal of wealth from the wicked to the righteous Ecc 2:26, Prov 13:22. During these end times God will use this recession to extremely bless His people, in finances and property (it's main purpose is for the end time harvest, He wants the gospel to go out). I believe those that are faithful in giving (He gives seed to the sower, not the hoarder) will receive this blessing. There are two guys that have a special anointing for this truth on sowing and reaping Dr Nasir Siddiki "How to Prosper in Any Recession" and Dr Oral Roberts, also Isaac Pitre "God's DNA" (sounds amazing) it would be great if you could find one of these books?