Farmville: Planting and Harvest

 

It has been long that I have not written notes for my devotions. Time flies faster than I thought; I have finished 1 and 2 Corinthians without any notes. Don't blame it on busy schedules cause by work and cares of this world. Be responsible enough to take the blame and shape up for God.

Mark 8:26 (KJV)

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Please put God the FIRST priority above all else.

One natural principle is discussed by Paul in his second letter to the Corinthian church is farming. Yes agriculture is the oldest profession; Genesis 2 when God started farming.

Genesis 2:4-6, 8-9    

When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, ⁵ neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil. ⁶ Instead, springs^[b] came up from the ground and watered all the land.

⁸ Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. ⁹ The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

The scriptures below proved how God is honoring this principles, it doesn't require rocket science to comprehend. Most of us are not farmers, but some of us do have farms at FARMVILLE (Farmville song playing-I love the guitar part) at least this gave us an experience on what the word of God is saying on planting, harvesting and sometimes withering.

2 Corinthians 9:6-8,10

⁶ Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. ⁷ You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. "For God loves a person who gives cheerfully."^[c] 8 And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others

Below are some points that I wanted to share, If we give generously and cheerfully, it is not only God will love us BUT God will generously provide.

1. All – not just some of my needs, or portion of what I need but all.
   
2. Always – not sometimes, or most of the time but the frequency is always.
   
3. Everything – not some of the things but everything.
   
4. Overflowing – plenty of left over to share with others
   

2 Corinthians 9:10

¹⁰ For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity^[e] in you.

We reason out and say I don't have any seed to plant. V10 is clear that God will provide seed for the farmer, food to eat, increase my resources and produce a great harvest.

Why is this made simple? This is because God himself had His farm at the Garden of Eden.

Happy Farming!

Dekalb 878 RR/YG farm in Sultan Kudarat