Let’s suppose you want to plant a vegetable garden.

If you sowed tomato seeds into the ground, you’d expect to see tomatoes when it came time to harvest—no brainer.

Reversely, if you wanted to plant a garden and you hoped and prayed and read about tomatoes, but didn’t actually sow a tomato seed, well, you’d get nothing.

This principle is called sowing and reaping and its found in Galatians 6:7

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

God is declaring that you first are not to be deceived into believing that what you do or don’t do will not reap consequences.

These consequences can be good or bad, it’s the effect of your action, whichever that is.

God is not mocked because His glory cannot and will not ever be compromised.

“For the measure you use, will be measured back to you.” – Luke 6:38 

This principle of sowing and reaping is one that applies to every believer and non-believer alike.

Everything you sow today will be reaped in your harvest tomorrow.

God is no respecter of persons.

In other words, He shows no partiality.

He wants everyone to be saved and do good and that means forming good habits as well.

“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” – 2 Corinthians 9:6 

You can sow into any area of your life, either sparingly or bountifully, whether it be spiritual, relational, financial, or physical.

But you will only get out what you put in.

Are your daily habits reaping the harvest your desiring?

Or, are there areas you need to work on to achieve the goals and results you’re looking for?

Are You Reaping Blessings or Weeds?

This principle carries over into your everyday life.

However, most Christians live as if in a box.

They make God so small that they seem to always remain where they’re at.

Well my friends, let me tell you, that is a lie!

The devil wants you to remain where you are because you’re no threat to his agenda against God’s saints moving in action against him.

When you do nothing you become just that.

God gives us commands spiritually but also physically.

These commands can work in any area of your life specifically in sowing and reaping.

“Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another or both.” – Ecclesiastes 11:6 

 If you have a goal you’re aspiring to achieve, the best way to measure the success of that goal is to look at the habits you possess now.

This will determine the outcome.

Are your habits forming seeds for a profitable harvest or for a rotten one?

Remember, God doesn’t have the same timeline as we do, “For His ways are above ours and His thoughts are above our thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8)

And, He has a perfect will and a perfect timing for each one of our prayer requests.

Many Christians today sit, pray, and go to church waiting for God to just plop down a great reward simply because they’re saved.

As if it’s owed to them, they do nothing but wait for God to give them whatever they ask just because they’ve said their 100^th prayer.

But God requires action on our part.

You must take that step first then God will meet you.

God says, “If you’re faithful with very little I will make you faithful over much”. (Luke 16:10)

He always wants you to be the best version of you.

That means making good choices and getting rid of any bad habits that are causing your harvest to grow weeds instead of blessings.

The Seeds You Plant Become the Harvest You Reap

To have a successful harvest you must know what you’re planting.

So you want something different?

New changes for this new year?

Then you must have clearly defined goals you can sow into DAILY.

Start with the spiritual and you’ll be successful in the physical.

For me, this was in the area of discipline with my studies, finances, ministry, and prayer life.

Almost everything in life takes discipline, and it’s hard, but I was overwhelmed and stressed out from the burden of all my tasks.

I had an attitude of, “Woe is me!”

So what did I do about it?

I began to practice discipline.

I woke up 2 hours earlier to start my devotional time with God and I got focused and intentional about completing my daily tasks that I planned out the day before.

Like many of you, my schedule is hectic and I would complain to God all the time that I had “no time”.

So He showed me this area of discipline that I neglected, and it has made a dramatic difference in my everyday life.

Just by starting my day earlier and being focused on my tasks, my stress has diminished!

Are there areas in your life you want to see changes made? 

Then it’s time to set goals, stay disciplined, and strive to be all that God has called you to be!

Key Takeaway

“Bad habits are easy to form but hard to live with. Good habits are hard to form but easy to live with.”

You see, I began to sow seeds of discipline and the harvest was immediate—peace and time.

So maybe you’re interested in starting a business, but your sowing hours of TV, social media, eating, shopping, just being a busy body without really being busy with much.

Yet you wish and keep saying you will start a business.

Well, sadly, you won’t if you don’t sow the right seeds.

Remember, you can’t get tomatoes until you plant tomato seeds.

This applies to any goal you may want.

And, the same applies spiritually if you want to grow deeper in the Lord.

You must sow in the time with Him.

Be intentional because the devil is always intentional about making sure you’re not!

10 Seeds You Can Sow to Reap a Harvest of Blessings!

In the Bible, there was a great man named Abraham.

God had a covenant with him.

He was greatly blessed, but not just because he was born that way.

True, God had purposed to use him before he was born.

But God still required action on his part.

In Genesis 17, God told Abraham that if he walked blameless, He would make a covenant of with him.

“I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” (Genesis 17:1-2)

You see God required Abraham to do something first.

He required action on his part. even as favored as Abraham was, the rule of sowing and reaping still applied to him.

Even as favored as Abraham was, the rule of sowing and reaping still applied to him.

Imagine how much discipline Abraham had in all areas of his life.

Here are some of the seeds Abraham sowed to receive blessings from God.

You can sow them too. It may not be easy, but with God, it can be possible! (Matthew 19:26)

1. He obeyed God
2.  He took action
3. He worshiped
4. He maintained peace
5. He was generous
6. He had perseverance
7. He had gratitude
8. He was disciplined
9. He had integrity
10. He walk by faith

God wants you to have a prosperous harvest in your life.

But gives you choices to make every single day.

You can either make wise or foolish choices.

God won’t force your hand in either direction.

Remember, you will always receive a harvest on everything you sow.

What that harvest will be is up to you.