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A Harvest Worth Waiting For
Understanding the Waiting Process
by David Cerullo
“. . . sow your seeds in faith, realizing that prosperity is not
an event but a process.”
Sowing
financial seeds into God’s Kingdom is a lot different than the magic seeds sown
in “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
Many people
think God’s principles of abundance are like the “magic seeds” in the story of
“Jack and the Beanstalk.”
According to
that famous tale, Jack’s special seeds sprung up overnight,
creating a huge beanstalk reaching far into the sky.
But real
seeds don’t work that way. No one goes out to plant seeds in their garden and
then returns the next day to gather a bouquet of flowers or pick enough
vegetables to make a salad.
Nor can you
expect a fully-formed apple tree to emerge the day you plant an apple seed in
the ground.
Just as it
takes time to reap a harvest in nature, the same is true of
our spiritual seeds. We must be willing to wait long enough for our spiritual
seeds to produce the harvests we desire.
Waiting
serves an important purpose, revealing our obedience and our trust in the
Lord’s timing.
And while we
are waiting, we must water and nourish our
precious seeds with love and worship, obedience to God’s Word, and an attitude
of belief, expectancy, and thanksgiving.
No one said
the waiting process is easy. We live in an “instant” world of fast food,
microwave ovens, immediate gratification, and “get rich quick” schemes.
However,
God’s Kingdom is not like that. Although His principle of seedtime and harvest
will surely bring you prosperity if you utilize it, your
harvest of blessings will come “in due season.”
In the
meantime, Paul writes, “Let us not grow weary in doing good” (Galatians
6:9 NIV).
Patience, My
Friend
Do you want
to prosper in a certain area of your life? Then patiently sow
your seeds in faith, realizing that prosperity is not an event but
a process.
Jesus
describes this in Mark 4:28: “The soil produces crops by itself; first the
blade, then the head, then the mature grain
in the head.”
The mature
harvest doesn’t come all at once!
Friend, if
you’ve taken a step of faith to plant seeds in God’s Kingdom, your harvest WILL
come.
It may not
come in a dramatic windfall — one fell swoop — but it will certainly come
in God’s perfect time.
If you’ve
done your part, you can be confident that His “prosperity process” will meet
your every need (Philippians 4:19).
I know the
waiting process can be difficult, but that’s why the Lord encourages us in His
Word with great promises like these:
“Nor has the
eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him” (Isaiah 64:4
NKJV).
“Those
who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall
mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall
walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).
“The Lord is
good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him” (Lamentations
3:25 NASB).
If you’ve
been faithful to God, obeying His instructions, you can be confident your
harvest is on the way.
And it will
be a harvest worth waiting for!
David Cerullo is the founder, chairman, and
CEO of Inspiration Ministries, located in Indian Land, South Carolina – a
ministry dedicated to impacting people for Christ worldwide through media. The
son of international evangelist Morris Cerullo, David took a less traditional
approach to ministry, graduating from Oral Roberts University with a degree in
business administration and management. He has authored over 20 books, and
operates a global media ministry that powerfully impacts the world for
Christ. More from David on Inspiration.org.
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