Great Abundance

January 22

Seeds require a time of germination. We put them into the ground and then we wait. It requires not only patience but work before there can be a harvest. The seeds must be watered, the soil must be fertilized. The weeds must be pulled. Being a successful farmer is a daunting task. Many ‘modern’ individuals would find themselves in dire straits if their next meal depended upon their ability to grow it!

In the spiritual realm, believers in Christ have been instructed to sow seeds of peace and harmony into a discordant world. We have been told that we are to share the gospel of peace and salvation with a world that is not always receptive to it. Just as some soil is dry and hard and unproductive, so are some hearts.

But we employ the power of prayer and trust that the investment of love that we make into the lives of those whose salvation we long to see will act as the fertilizer and the rain upon the seeds of truth that we have planted into their minds and hearts. We who are people of peace, we who walk in the steps of the Prince of Peace, have the promise of a great reward.

In Matthew 5:9, Jesus Himself says, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God.” And the half-brother of Jesus says in James 3:18, “Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.” As seeds require careful tending after they’re planted, so do seeds of righteousness and salvation—but, as with natural fruit, so will spiritual fruit, with patience, be reaped in great abundance.