The blessing from seeds

“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.” (Gal. 6:7 ESV)

God’s rule about seeds

The interesting thing about the above verse is that God has a hard fast rule about seeds. You ALWAYS get what you plant! Period! No exceptions! You will never plant a radish seed and have a turnip sprout from it! Radish seeds will always produce radishes and that’s the same for all seeds. “Don’t be deceived… you reap what you sow.”

Seedtime and harvest shall continue

“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” (Gen. 8:22 ESV

In the above verse are found three words: 1) seed, 2) time, and 3) harvest. God says these shall not cease as long as the earth remains. Seeds take time to grow to bring a harvest. You plant them and then you wait. Eventually, if they have been planted in good soil, given the right amount of water, given fertilizer and receive sunlight, they will produce, in time.

Seeds produce more than planted

“And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him…” (Gen. 26:12 ESV)

When you plant one radish seed, it produces a bunch of radishes, not just one. You get more than you planted. It’s how God blesses. And, the more you plant, the more you get.

To recap

1) You always get the same thing you plant,

2) you get it later, and

3) you get more.

This rule of seed planting and harvest applies to everything you plant.

Therefore…

“The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” (2 Cor. 9:6 ESV)