HARVEST

The Seven Laws of Harvest!

I.                    SEASONS

Gen 8:22

²² “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.”

Seasons bring about an aligning of resources that make a breakthrough possible.

II.                  THE SEVEN LAWS OF HARVEST

1.      We reap only what has been sown.

(But we are not the only ones who can sow)

a.       Common Grace. 

Matt 5:45

⁴⁵ that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

b.       Sovereignty of God

Rom 9:16-23

¹⁶ So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” ¹⁸ Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

c.       Reaping from Others Labors.

John 4:37-38

³⁷ For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ ³⁸ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”

d.       Harvest in our Bloodline we can reap

2 Sam 9:1

Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”…And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.”…⁷ So David said to him [Mephiboseth], “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather, and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”

- The Blood of Jesus can cancel out negative Harvest while preserving positive harvest

2.     We reap in the same kind as we sow

Gen 1:11-12

¹¹ Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. ¹² And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind.

John 3:6

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit

Job 4:8

⁸ Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

Eccl 10:8

⁸ He who digs a pit will fall into it…

3.     We reap in a different season than we sow

Eccl 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days. ² Give a serving to seven, and also to eight, For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.

Gal 6:9-10

⁹ And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. ¹⁰ Therefore, as we have the opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Eccl 11:6

⁶ In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good.

4.     We reap more than we sow

Hosea 8:7

⁷ “They sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind.

Matt 13:23

²³ But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Matthew 19:29-30

²⁹ And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. ³⁰ But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

* Receiving 100 fold is a 10,000% dividend on one investment

5.     We reap in proportion to what we sow

2 Cor 9:6-7

⁶ But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. ⁷ So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Eccl 11:1-2; 6

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. ² Give a serving to seven, and also to eight, For you do not know what evil will be on the earth… ⁶ In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good.

Luke 6:38

³⁸ Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Prov 11:25

²⁵ The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself.

Prov 19:17

¹⁷ He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.

6.      We reap a full harvest of good only if we persevere evil comes to harvest on it’s own.

Matt 13:24-30; 36-43

²⁴ Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; ²⁵ but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. ²⁶ But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. ²⁷ So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ ²⁸ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ ²⁹ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ 

7.     We can't-do anything about last years Harvest but we can about this one.

Phil 3:13-14

¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ¹⁴ I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

** Jesus is Lord of the Harvest, but He must be activated

                        Matthew 9:37

³⁷ Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^{38, therefore,} pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”