Genesis 8:22 New International Version (NIV)
22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
Genesis 8:20–22 describes Noah's first recorded act after leaving the ark. He builds an altar to God and offers clean animals as a sacrifice. Using a common metaphor, Scripture says God smells the aroma and is pleased. God commits to never again curse the earth in the way He did with the flood, and never to strike down all life on earth. As long as the earth remains, the cycles of nature will continue as God had designed them. One of these cycles is seed time and harvest.
This cycle has a spiritual significance as it does physical. Whether we believe it or not the spirit realm has a great influence on the physical. Most physical deeds are as a result of the spiritual.
The Bible talks about sowing and reaping. Paul says in Galatians 6:7-10, "7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers."
Brethren, what seed are you sowing in your life today? Is it to please the flesh or the Spirit? Remember that as long as the earth endures whatever seed you are sowing will yield a harvest. God has promised that and He will not change His mind. God cannot be mocked. His Word cannot be mocked.
A seed abides alone and dies in the ground but when it's time is due it brings forth many fruits. When Christ offered Himself for us He died alone in the ground but when He resurrected He brought forth many sons to glory. He brought many back from the dead with Him. That is how the seed works. You will not see what it goes through in the ground but it's outcome is visible to all.
Don't grow weary in doing good for at the appointed time you'll reap your harvest. Sow to please the Spirit and at the end you'll reap eternal life. In the same way, if you sow to please the flesh you'll reap death because the deeds of the flesh leads to death and destruction.
One of the seeds we can sow to help the church is paying of tithes and offerings. There have been many debates as to whether we are still obliged to pay tithe or not. First of all, God does not need anything from us. Whatever we have we received from Him so there's nothing we can give Him. It's true that we're no longer obliged to pay tithe because we're no longer under the law but the blessings that come with this principle is still there. Abraham was the first person recorded to have given tithe (to Melchizedek) - Read Genesis 14:18-20/ Hebrews 7:1-10 - but that was many years before the law was even established so in a way paying of tithe is not really attached to the law. The principle here is about sowing a seed which God has promised will yield a harvest.
Decide today to sow good seed - seed of the Word, helping the poor and needy whenever you can, seed of justice, seed of soulwinning, etc. - and at the end you'll reap a harvest if you do not give up. You'll sow in tears but you'll reap in joy. Sowing a good seed is not easy but it's worth the harvest.
Remember, as long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest will never cease. Sow the good seed in the good soil.
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