Thanksgiving comes at the end of
harvest for a reason. We should be thankful for whatever the harvest reaps. But
you don’t have to be a farmer to reap the harvest of seeds you've sown. Every
one of us spreads seeds in some way. Some may be good; some may not be so good.
Some may be seeds of Christianity and there may be seeds of strife. But Jesus
said that whatever a man sows, that must he reap.
I pray as I grow in Christ, the
seeds of strife or selfishness will decrease and the seeds of salvation and God’s
Word become more plentiful. The Bible says that by our fruits we will be known.
An apple tree produces apples and a pear tree produces pears. In the same vein,
an apple tree does not produce oranges, and so forth. How will we be known to
others? Will we be known as a Godly person, one who doesn’t compromise on the
Word of God, or will we be known as something else?
Psalm 67:6 says “The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.” You can look at this verse in this light; God said we are to
sow the seeds, the seed being the word of God (Luke 8:1) but the harvest
belongs to the Lord. How much more blessed can one be to know that someone he
or she has led to Christ will be in God’s final harvest of the saints. If that
doesn’t bless your soul, then you may need to reevaluate your walk with Jesus,
for there is joy in heaven over a convert’s salvation through Christ.
When
God’s harvest is done, will you have bore good fruit? Will you have sown any
seed? We will be giving thanks to God when we get to Heaven, Revelation gives
us that picture, I pray there will be known and unknown recipients there beside
me, just as a seed was sown in me years ago. I thank you God, for that seed
that grew in me, planted by many of your workers. Bless them, one and all.
