According to my friend, Owen Carr, the first law of the harvest is, “You must plant the seed before you can reap a harvest.” A farmer would have to be pretty dumb to think he could put the seed in his pocket and expect to reap a harvest. Yet that is what people do every day in the spiritual realm. Instead of planting the “seed” they hang onto it, never realizing that which they keep never grows.
“One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
— Proverbs 11:24-25 NIV
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
A generous person will prosper;
whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”
Lord Jesus, help us to be generous people who refresh others so that we too may be refreshed. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.