“Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow—perhaps it all will.” Ecclesiastes 11:6 (CEV)
Everything in your life starts as a seed. There are many kinds of seeds—beautiful seeds like kindness, love, faith, and integrity. And then there are uglier seeds, like gossip and greed. But there are two things all seeds have in common. First, all seeds need time to grow. And second, you harvest whatever you have sown.
Think about literal, physical seeds. When you plant a seed in the ground, there is always a waiting time between planting and harvesting. You sow in one season, and you reap in another season. You don’t plant tomato seeds and pick a tomato an hour later. You have to wait.
It’s the same way in your life. Maybe you’ve planted seeds of kindness in a relationship. You don’t necessarily reap kindness immediately. You have to plant the seeds, trust God to grow them, and then wait.
Ecclesiastes says, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. . . . A time to plant and a time to harvest . . . A time to scatter . . . and a time to gather” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, 5 NLT).
Once the seeds have grown and are ready to harvest, you can trust that you will gather what you have sown.
If you plant seeds of gossip, the people in your life will likely gossip about you too. But if you plant seeds of kindness, people will be kind to you in return. If you plant seeds of faith, you will experience faithfulness.
So what do you do while you’re waiting on God—after you’ve planted seeds and are waiting on them to be ready to harvest? You keep sowing the kind of seeds you want to reap.
The Living Bible paraphrase says, “Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow—perhaps it all will” (Ecclesiastes 11:6).
Have you been waiting a long time for the harvest in your life? Let me give you a verse to encourage you. In Habakkuk 2, God says, “At the time I have decided, my words will come true. You can trust what I say about the future. It may take a long time, but keep on waiting— it will happen!” (Habakkuk 2:3 CEV).
The harvest may be slow in coming, but God says that, at the right time, it will. Keep waiting, trusting God, and sowing good seeds in your life. God will grow your seeds, and one day you will reap a harvest.
When have you sown negative seeds and reaped a negative harvest?
When have you sown good seeds and reaped a good harvest?
What seeds are you sowing now that aren’t ready yet for harvest?
Ready to plant a seed of faith?
You can start by praying this prayer:
“Father, thank you for loving me and making it possible for me to spend eternity with you. I confess I don’t deserve it. I have sinned against you and lived according to my own selfish desires, and I ask for your forgiveness. Thank you for sending Jesus to pay for my sins by dying in my place. Jesus, today I put my trust in you as my Lord and Savior. Thank you for releasing me from judgment and making me acceptable to God. Thank you for offering me a fresh start and for giving me eternal life with you. Most of all, thank you for loving me. Jesus, I submit my life to you from this day forward. Amen.”
If you just prayed to accept Jesus, please email me at Rick@PastorRick.com and let me know about it. I’d like to send you some free materials to help you start your journey with Jesus.
