Rapsody of realities
A Harvest Of The Word! - Friday 20 March 2009
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word (Mark 4:13-14).
Whatever you sow is what you will reap; this is a simple but profound spiritual principle in the Kingdom of God. You can’t sow corn seeds and reap a harvest of mangoes. Same thing, if you sow orange seeds, you’ll certainly reap a harvest of oranges. Now, the Lord Jesus gave a parable about the sower who went forth to sow his seeds, and in His explanation, He said the seed the sower sowed is the Word of God (Luke 8:11).
This therefore means that like every other seed, God has the same expectation concerning His Word when it’s sown. He expects His Word to produce a harvest of the Word; a harvest of what it talks about. He doesn’t want His seed (Word) to fail, in other words the ways Jesus described in the parable: being stolen by the enemy, being choked by thorns or withering in the heat of life (Mark 4:4-8). His Word is designed to get into your spirit and produce definite results in your life.
However, there’s another aspect of this that excites me. The fact that the Word produces after its kind! In 1 Peter 1:23, the Bible says concerning us: “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
If we were born again by the Word, it therefore means we’re offsprings of the Word. Remember the Word of God is a seed, and every seed reproduces after its kind. Thus we’re not mere products of the Word; we’ve also become the Word. The harvest is twofold. The first is when the Word produces in you the fruits of what it talks about. But the second one has to do with you becoming the living, breathing Word. Like Jesus, we’re the Word become flesh, having been born of the Word. No wonder the Bible says, “as he is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17).
We’re the expression of His Word in our world today and this is the harvest He seeks – to see us fully conformed to His Word such that every step we take is the Word of God in motion! Hallelujah!
:grouprayrayer:
Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus, I declare that my heart is a fertile ground for your Word. As I hear and receive your Word into my spirit, it sinks deep into me and produces in me the fruits of what it says. Amen.
Further Study:
Luke 8:15; Proverbs 4:23 MSG
Daily Scripture Reading
One Year Bible Luke 3
Reading plan Deuteronomy 16-17
Two Year Bible Matthew 24:34-44
Reading plan Exodus 29
Rhapsody of Realities Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
A Harvest Of The Word! - Friday 20 March 2009
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word (Mark 4:13-14).
Whatever you sow is what you will reap; this is a simple but profound spiritual principle in the Kingdom of God. You can’t sow corn seeds and reap a harvest of mangoes. Same thing, if you sow orange seeds, you’ll certainly reap a harvest of oranges. Now, the Lord Jesus gave a parable about the sower who went forth to sow his seeds, and in His explanation, He said the seed the sower sowed is the Word of God (Luke 8:11).
This therefore means that like every other seed, God has the same expectation concerning His Word when it’s sown. He expects His Word to produce a harvest of the Word; a harvest of what it talks about. He doesn’t want His seed (Word) to fail, in other words the ways Jesus described in the parable: being stolen by the enemy, being choked by thorns or withering in the heat of life (Mark 4:4-8). His Word is designed to get into your spirit and produce definite results in your life.
However, there’s another aspect of this that excites me. The fact that the Word produces after its kind! In 1 Peter 1:23, the Bible says concerning us: “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
If we were born again by the Word, it therefore means we’re offsprings of the Word. Remember the Word of God is a seed, and every seed reproduces after its kind. Thus we’re not mere products of the Word; we’ve also become the Word. The harvest is twofold. The first is when the Word produces in you the fruits of what it talks about. But the second one has to do with you becoming the living, breathing Word. Like Jesus, we’re the Word become flesh, having been born of the Word. No wonder the Bible says, “as he is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17).
We’re the expression of His Word in our world today and this is the harvest He seeks – to see us fully conformed to His Word such that every step we take is the Word of God in motion! Hallelujah!
:grouprayrayer:
Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus, I declare that my heart is a fertile ground for your Word. As I hear and receive your Word into my spirit, it sinks deep into me and produces in me the fruits of what it says. Amen.
Further Study:
Luke 8:15; Proverbs 4:23 MSG
Daily Scripture Reading
One Year Bible Luke 3
Reading plan Deuteronomy 16-17
Two Year Bible Matthew 24:34-44
Reading plan Exodus 29
Rhapsody of Realities Pastor Chris Oyakhilome