RCCG: Place of His Presence

Where A Man Sows?

Acts 9: 36 – 41.

Believers are often discouraged from doing good for so many reasons which are largely traceable to the fact that we do not quite understand how things manifest. We are too impatient to learn what God means when He speaks to us. Some of us do not understand the principle behind continuous good works. Because of this limitation in our understanding, we deny ourselves of some heavenly blessings, sometimes. For example, Gal. 6:7 tells us that what a man sows is what he will reap. In the context of sowing today, we shall progress on the premise that we have sown good seeds. In that light, we shall be talking from the stand point of reaping our rewards. By the way we act, oftentimes; you will know that we are expecting that where we sow is where we will reap from. But that is not always the case. That is why you see people feeling very disappointed when someone they expect certain things from does not meet that expectation.

What or where shall we reap?

Who are we to blame when someone we have helped, lets us down when we need his/her help? Ourselves: we can only blame ourselves because we have put our trust in the wrong place. Psalm 118: 8 -9 tells us who we should put our trust in. When we are able to adopt this attitude, we will not be easily disappointed by man, neither would we be easily discouraged from doing good –which is God’s will that we continue doing. If we stop doing good because of the experiences with people in the past, we hinder our own blessings from coming to us. And, if we allow the negative feedback we get from our well-doing to prevent us from doing good or from giving. Then, we are limiting our blessings, gravely. Remember 2 Corinthians 9:6 reads “But this I say, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” Whatever we do, we should not stop sowing because of the feedback we receive.

However, many of us do not receive because we do not give. Why do we not give? Because we think we have not received from our previous efforts at giving? Because we think we did not get the answers we expected when we gave? Do we think the Bible lies when it says that we will reap what we sow? The problem with some of us is that, we expect to receive from where we have sown. That is not what the Bible says. Let us read it for the sake of clarity; Galatians 6:7. It says what we sow, we shall reap. It does not say where we sow, from there shall we receive. Answers to your questions can come in different ways than the ways you expected. The harvest from your seed can come in other areas than where you sowed the seed. The fact is that you reaped what you sowed, but maybe not from where you sowed it.

We shall read 2 Samuel 9 to see how a seed sown in one generation was reaped in another. David’s kindness to Mephiboshet was as a result of the seed sown between David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 20: 42). Jonathan sowed by himself, but reaped through his son. Imagine if Jonathan had sown a bad seed against David while David was a ‘nobody’ or a fugitive; what would have happened to his son when David became a man of authority? We should be very careful what we do to others; what seed we sow, because there shall be a reaping of that sown seed some day and somewhere. Luke 6: 38b (Amplified version) says: “For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you.” Some people lord it over others because they are in a position of authority. But do not forget that the ladder, with which you climbed upwards, is still around for you to climb back down. If you make people beg or suffer unnecessarily before you give them what rightfully should be theirs’. You will receive the harvest of that seed, surely. Maybe not from the same person you treated unfairly. People will make you sweat for something that you should have easily.

Conclusion.

I encourage you to keep doing good, regardless. You do not know where the reward for your good deeds is going to come from; but it shall come. You do not know who is going to reap the fruits of your sown seeds; but it shall be reaped. We saw Dorcas raised from death by Peter whom she had never met before her death. Why? Because of the good seeds she had sown in the lives of other people. Let it be good seeds that you sow, because you or yours’ will reap the fruits thereof, some day and somewhere. It is the promise of God to you. And, we know God does not make promises that will not be fulfilled. Your reward is on its way.

As humans, it is sometimes difficult for us to do good to people because of the way they will repay it. Some may be so ungrateful that we may regret why we even rendered them any help. But remember that it is your Father who has commanded you to do good, and it is He that will reward you. So let us not do good because we believe the recipients can repay us or will show us gratitude. We should not look at the faces of men before we decide if we will help them or not. Why discriminate? James 2:1 – 9 (Rom. 2:11, Acts 10:34). Try to meet the needs of others and the needs of God’s kingdom by sowing your time, love, material, money, talent, gifts, and so forth into it. Our God has said it, you shall surely reap what you sow. Do not let anything hinder you from harvesting God’s rewards for your good works. Gal. 6: 9 says: “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Do not be tired of doing good. Your seed sown in the house of God may be reaped by your promotion at work. Your prayer for good health for a sister may manifest in your own healing when you fall sick. The ride you gave to a brother may deliver your son from motor accident. We never know where we will reap our sown seeds from, but keep sowing good seeds. Do not give up, your miracle is on its’ way. May God bless us as we do His will. Amen.