OCTOBER 28
MULTIPLIED SEED
2 Corinthians 9:10-11
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. (WEB)
The Kingdom of God functions differently from the kingdom of this world. In our Father's Kingdom, the poor are wealthy, the weak are strong, and the foolish are made wise. In His Kingdom, it's not the person who can amass the most that is considered great, but the poor widow who gives all she has.
While the commerce of our world revolves around buying and selling, the Kingdom of our Elder Brother centers on sowing and reaping. While buying and selling can bring quick rewards, sowing and reaping demand more patience and faith.
When a farmer plants a seed in the ground, he doesn't see an immediate reward for his effort. He must trust and believe that a harvest will come from his labor someday. This principle of sowing and reaping works the same way spiritually. We sow our seed believing that God will multiply it and bring forth a harvest of righteousness.
My prayer today is that we all recognize the seed entrusted to us by God. Whenever we have the opportunity to sow our seed into another person's life, whether through financial generosity or acts of service, we are making a Kingdom investment. And with every investment, God promises to multiply its fruitfulness.
May faith rise in our hearts so that we can eagerly anticipate the sowing process. We are not wasting our time or resources when we sow seed. Each seed has the potential to yield thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold blessing!
Matthew 13:1-9
1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. 2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach. 3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (WEB)
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. (WEB)
The Kingdom of God functions differently from the kingdom of this world. In our Father's Kingdom, the poor are wealthy, the weak are strong, and the foolish are made wise. In His Kingdom, it's not the person who can amass the most that is considered great, but the poor widow who gives all she has.
While the commerce of our world revolves around buying and selling, the Kingdom of our Elder Brother centers on sowing and reaping. While buying and selling can bring quick rewards, sowing and reaping demand more patience and faith.
When a farmer plants a seed in the ground, he doesn't see an immediate reward for his effort. He must trust and believe that a harvest will come from his labor someday. This principle of sowing and reaping works the same way spiritually. We sow our seed believing that God will multiply it and bring forth a harvest of righteousness.
My prayer today is that we all recognize the seed entrusted to us by God. Whenever we have the opportunity to sow our seed into another person's life, whether through financial generosity or acts of service, we are making a Kingdom investment. And with every investment, God promises to multiply its fruitfulness.
May faith rise in our hearts so that we can eagerly anticipate the sowing process. We are not wasting our time or resources when we sow seed. Each seed has the potential to yield thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold blessing!
Matthew 13:1-9
1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. 2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach. 3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (WEB)