If God has called you to it, He will see you through it.  What God sets in motion He sees until completion.  Many times we think God has forgotten us or that plans have changed when God isn’t showing up the way we thought He would.  Sometimes we lose faith and begin to question if we were really following God at all.  It happens when God puts something in our heart and we don’t see the final product fast enough.

Our culture thrives off of impatience and speed.  We want things fast and now.  We want the harvest without the planting.  We are quick to reap but slow to sow.  We live is a fast-food type culture.  But life is completely opposite of the fast-food mentality, it is a farm-life mentality.  God’s plans are not a Prime-Rib vending machine.  We do not drop in a small amount of change and expect a massive withdrawal of greatness.  Fast-food life styles are unhealthy.  We cannot approach life impatience and recklessness.  Here are some thoughts about living a farm lifestyle…

1) If you are not planting in the spring do not expect to harvest in the fall

Jesus taught that we can only reap what we have sown.  Farming is about taking the time on the front end to plant and water.  It is about preparing and planning.  Only through time do we wait for the harvest.  The harvest will come if we have done our part in the spring.  Too many people expect a harvest without taking the time to invest daily.  What you have done today will determine your tomorrow.  You cannot wait until the last minute to produce a great harvest.  You can not procrastinate until the fall then expect to plant something overnight.  It takes the hard work on the front end to plant if you want to see a full harvest.

Proverbs 20:4

A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

What are you doing now to prepare for the harvest later in life? What are you doing today to ensure a successful tomorrow?

2) If you don’t like the harvest you are reaping change the seeds that you are sowing.

Too many times we feel stuck with what is happening in our life.  I wonder how many times we just need to change some of the things we are doing in order to change our future.  If you are not seeing the results you want to see in your life change what you are doing.  Sow seeds that specifically are about the harvest you are looking to reap.  If you are believing God for financial blessings, be a financial blessing to someone else.  If you are wanting to grow in your skills sow into your development.  Sow seeds that will bring about the harvest you are believing for.

God will bring about the harvest in the right time, just be faithful to do your part in the sowing!