It’s that time of year. The leaves are displaying an amazing range of warm, vibrant colors and the air is crisp with possibilities. What do you think of when you hear the phrase, “Harvest Time”? If you’re a farmer, you probably think of gathering the crops from the seeds you’ve sown and cared for over the last few months.

But, if you’ve grown up in church, like me – Harvest Time means reaping the reward, or penalty, based on the seeds you’ve sown in life through your actions toward yourself and others. See, every deed is a seed. Every word you speak – positive or negative — is a seed. Every action you take – positive or negative – is a seed. How you respond to the good news of others – it’s a seed. Even the way you show up at work, or respond to authority, or the amount of time you allocate for the things of God – all of it – seeds!

READ: SEASONS COME, SEASONS GO

So, harvest time is when the seeds you’ve sown, through the deeds you’ve done, show up in your life. Here are a few things to know about seeds:

  1. Every seed produces after its own kind
  2. Seeds always produce a multiplied return
  3. Seeds sown in the present guarantee a future harvest
  4. Seeds sprout in their own time, not yours
  5. Seeds will never produce a harvest of contradiction

So, the next time you admire the warm colors of this season, remember, harvest time doesn’t just come for farmers. It comes for all of us.

Galatians 6:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: 
for in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.

Galatians 6:9 NTFE
Don’t lose your enthusiasm for behaving properly. 
You’ll bring in the harvest at the proper time, if you don’t become weary.

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