The Principles for Unlimited Harvest

 

The Principles for Unlimited Harvest

BY Apostle Dr Patrick Osondu | December 17, 2021

 

Text: Galatians 6: 6-10 “Let him that is taught in the Word……..Be not deceived God is not mocked...

Introduction: The key word “Principle, unlimited & harvest.

Principles: A fundamental truth, a guide that must be followed.

Unlimited: Described as limitless not limited. Inexhaustible, continuously without limit.

 

Harvest: The gathering of things planted. A natural time of reaping in joy what has been produced during the year of agricultural community. But scriptural, it means God’s provision for us and God’s blessing for others. In other word, the topic means, there are fundamental truth that must be observed for us to enjoy our limitless and continuously divine provision and blessing if we indeed want God to bless us.

Everything about God our creator lies in His principles, whoever that will live by His principles will see things working out positively for him/her, but when you deviate, it will be tagged as disobedience and no blessings for you.

Brethren in the principle of Harvest, like a farmer, you must follow the rules and guidelines of sowing before you are expect to reap. Every crop has it own principle of sowing it and the duration of incubation before it will ripe for harvesting. When you fail to observe the principal rules, that crop will not survive farming season, thereby it becomes a huge lose to the farmer. So it is with our work with God, when you don’t follow it according to the principle desired, there will be no result attached to it.

Now the question that needs an immediate answer from us is A: What have you been sowing? B: How have you been sowing it? C: Are you happy with what you have been reaping? If we can be able to give a correct answer to the question, definitely, we are in for our unlimited harvest. May God help us in Jesus name Amen.

So let us look at some of the principles that make up the “law of Unlimited Harvest”

1.     YOUR SEED DETERMINE YOUR HARVEST

Galatians 6: 6 (NIV): Anyone who receives instruction in the Word must share all good things with his instructor” As a farmer, when you receive an instruction on what to do to have a good harvest, you obey it to the fullest, one of it is that when you sow a good seed, during harvest, you are expected to have a good harvest. When you sow a bad seed, you cannot expect a good harvest. Now believers do you obey the instruction concerning seed sowing, if indeed you obey, what kind of seed are you sowing in the church of God. Is it the seed of absenteeism?  Seed of discouragement to others, you cannot do and you discourage those who have it in mind to do. Seed of non-chalant-attitude to duty, seed of envy and jealousy causing disunity among the house hold of faith, seed of immorality as it was recorded also in Galatians 5: 19-2... This kind of seed doesn’t produce good harvest; and as well as seed of flimsy excuses to the things of God, unless we change we will never have good harvest.

 

What effort have you been making to see the progress of the church and the department you belong by giving good idea, not discouraging other person's idea.  Apostle Paul has this to say in 1Corinthians 11: 9-6 “He that soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully” sowing bountifully and sparingly depends on the heart of the sower. You may not have enough money to sow because of your financial status but you have time that can be sown as a seed. You can deny yourself some comfort to make sure the Word of God is in progress that also is a seed. Always remember that every seed we are sowing in the house of God attract a reword if not now, thereafter.

 

Therefore if there are Evangelical team, prayer team, choir, usher and the rest of other departments, what kind of seed are you sowing by participating actively and coming in time during your practical service. And those of you who are not in any department, how do you expect to receive your own harvest. This brings us to the second principles.

2.     YOU WILL REAP ONLY WHAT YOU SOW

Galatians 6: 7-8: You cannot plant cassava and expect to reap yam. Nor plant maize and expect to reap rice. So it is in the spiritual realm too. Life is a series of choices, it is either you sow into the flesh, sowing into the flesh can mean this way: when you indulge in gossip, malice, scandalizing one another, when we give in to anger, bitterness, quarrel and unforgiveness, when we lose our temper, when we shy away from our Christian duties, when we involve in pornography and immoral life.

 

But sowing to the spirit means living in the spirit which guarantees us living under the control of the Holy Ghost, by that we constantly practice love, joy, peace, self control, patience and long suffering, under such atmosphere our will, will be summited in totality to the will of God, we don’t lean on our understanding again but we acknowledge Him as the Lord of our life: proverbs 3: 1-7.. By so doing the fruit of the spirit dominate our thought, words and deeds.

 

You can’t sow to the flesh and not complain, because what you order from a supplier is what will be supplied to you, so also, what you sow is what you will reap. Make sure you are sowing the right seed in the right direction and on a good soil if you indeed want to reap a harvest of God’s blessings. And this ushers us to the next principle

3.     REAPING GODLY HARVEST REQUIRES PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE GALATIANS 6 VS 9

Anyone who has ever farm for a living knows exactly what this means; Therefore let us keep on sowing even if through tears and with a weary heart when we faint not but patiently wait upon God in the end we will rejoice when the harvest finally comes according Psalm 126 vs 5-6 “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy”

 

As farmers wait patiently for their crops to germinate, ripe and due for harvest, so we are expected to wait patiently. When you are sowing in the house of God for our harvest, the seed we are sowing in the house of God is the good work we are doing for the growth of the church and propagation of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

That the farm produce wasn’t good the previous years, doesn’t stop the farmer from planting in the nest farm season so we are expected to persist in sowing in the house of God, our finance, character, idea, time and our good work, knowing fully well that “He that giveth seed to the sower” 2 Corinthians 9 vs 10 will make us harvest bountifully in Jesus Name…

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4.     WE MUST SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY AROUND US BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS: GALATIANS 6 VS 10

A good farmer utilizes every single opportunity that comes his way for a good result. We all have opportunities to do good, if we will take them when they come every day there are moments when we can say a word of encouragement to that person, there are times when we can get involved in solving someone's problem if we will only take the time. There are so many opportunities to use your seed to serve God. It may involve doing one good thing or the other in the church. Another opportunities have come again for someone to be remembered in this church utilize the perfect opportunity of the upcoming thanksgiving and land project to connect to the Lord of Harvest. Brethren a time of harvest is a time to look inward and see what you can do to attract Divine visitation in our life, marriage, business, carriers; in the book of Ruth, at the time of harvest was when Boaz located Ruth Ruth chapter 3 and chapter 4, from there comes in Obed who begat Jesse the father of David Now is your own turn, don’t allow the opportunities do pass you by in conclusion.

 

No church ever died by giving too much in the work of God but many churches have died by giving too little, Again it is impossible to be over generous in the work of the Lord. We ought to be giving: why: Because when you give to God, you are sowing to the spirit and you will reap unlimited harvest Ecclesiastic 11 vs 6

 

Continue sowing in kind and in cash to the right soil which is the house of God. May God bless His Word in our hearts in Jesus Name Amen!!!