When the harvest is plentiful, it brings peace and contentment to our hearts. The richness of the harvest depends on the type and quality of the seeds we plant.
The seeds we sow in the fertile soil of this precious life we are given will only yield positive results if we cultivate them. This applies to all aspects of our human experiences, both the uplifting and the challenging.
And yet, the harvest always exceeds the amount of the seeds we sow. And that, the seeds will ever bring forth fruits of their kind.
The essence of life can be compared to a bank account in God’s hands. We withdraw what we deposit, and we never know the balance of our remaining days. Today we are here, but tomorrow we may be gone. Therefore, who are we to boast before God and people?
We are all lovely flowers in the same magnificent garden of life, scorched by the same heat of life. And soon we shrivel to nothingness.
We are all tiny dots of dust of the earth, tossed here and there, blown to and fro, by the same wind of life. Sometimes carried to glorious high heights, sometimes to dismal low locales. And soon we get dropped down, deep into the same ground we emanated from.
Who is better than the other? Who is the hero? Who is the loser?
”The days of our lives are Seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knows the power of Your anger? For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath. So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalms 90:10-12.
Life is said to be good, but it is also short. What are you investing in it? What kind of seeds are you planting in this fertile ground of life before you move on? What kind of seedling are you nurturing? Love, kindness, truth, forgiveness, integrity, humility, self-control, gentleness, patience, wisdom... Or hatred, cruelty, war, injustice, hurt, suffering, jealousy, pride, envy, corruption...?
Sowing is not an easy task. It demands sacrifice, commitment, perseverance, and patience. Make a bold resolution that you will always, without getting weary, sow and cultivate good seeds in yourself and others. Always strive to do good regardless of what the majority are doing and saying.
I am inspired by this short poem by Jonathan Wolfgang Von Goethe. I believe you’ll be too.
Perseverance
We must not hope to be mowers,
And to gather the ripe gold
ears,
Unless we have first been sowers,
And watered the furrows with
tears,
It is not just as we take it,
This mystical world of ours,
Life's field will yield as we make it,
A harvest of thorns or of
flowers.
Perhaps you're saying that you don't have a quality seed. Find it within your heart. Every human heart contains both negative and positive seeds. I hope that you choose to nurture the positive while starving the negative ones. What you nourish will flourish, and what you starve will perish.
Remember that, human effort alone is limited. In the sowing and reaping process, we need Jesus Christ and the help of the Holy Spirit.
May I remind you of the words of Corrie ten Boom?
Trying to do the Lord’s work in your strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
I hope we continue sowing desirable seeds in ourselves and others. In so doing our hearts will be full of abundant peace. And yet in due season, we’ll reap bountifully.
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked for whatsoever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore as we have the opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” — Galatians 6:7-10.
God bless you abundantly!
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