MEMORISE: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap. Galatians 6:7.
READ: Galatians 6:7-10.7.Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8.For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9.And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10.As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
MESSAGE
Our God is great. Not only is He great, He is the Greatest. He possesses all wisdom,
riches and glory. The plan of God and His delight is for you to prosper ( 3 John
2 ). Prosperity here implies abundance, fullness and sufficiency. One thing we
need to know is that prosperity does not come by speaking in tongues, but by
the wisdom of sowing and reaping. At a particular time in my ministry, by
necessity , I started given out neckties to elders who were ministering along
with me. I then noticed that all my close associates started given me only
neckties upon their return from foreign trips. Out of curiosity, I asked God
why this was so. He told me 'Son' if you sow a tie, you will reap ties .' I
then switched to sowing good shoes into the life of those I was sure were of the
same shoe size with me. However, the return I got from this did not come as
fast as neckties did. I went back to God to know why, He told me 'Son, if you
plant maize and also plant yam. Both harvest will come, but not at the same
time .' Then, I Understood the lesson that it is the quality of your sowing that
determines the quality of your harvest. There is a category of people who want
to reap without sowing, they can best be described as thieves. It is very wrong
to expect a harvest when you have not sown. Make efforts to sow into that
particular area of life where you desire harvest. Entering into your financial breakthrough
may not come easy. You have to provoke Heaven to act on your behalf by sowing.
No one is poor enough to have nothing to sow. If you check yourself very well,
you will realise that there is a seed in your hand you can sow. The Church in
Macedonia had so little, yet, they were committed to giving to the work of God
( 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 ). In the early days of my joining the Redeemed Christians
Church of God, there was a meeting in which my Father- in - the - Lord, the late
founder of the Church, asked all workers to empty their treasury because of an
urgent need in the church. Out of excitement of been privileged to be part of
the saints, my wife and I as workers emptied our accounts with nothing left. At
workers meeting the following Sunday, my father - in- the - Lord asked ' How
many of you have done what I instructed '? Out of excitement to be counted
among those who had complied, my wife and I raised our hands and we received
the greatest shock of our lives. We discovered that we were the only ones that
had complied! Ashamed, we quickly brought down our hands; but see what the Lord
has done with our lives today. The many seeds of those days needed a lot of patience
to become the great harvest of God's blessings today.
KEY POINT: Nobody
is entirely poor. There is always a seed in your hand that you can sow.
BIBLE IN
ONE YEAR: JUDGES 5:1-6:35 AND MATTHEW 25:14-30.
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