Seed and Bread

Thursday 3 August
READ: 2 Cor. 9: 10 - 11
MORE LESSON: Isa. 55: 10 – 11

God is the one who gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater. It is your responsibility to distinguish what is seed and what is bread. If one eats his seed as bread, one will not have bread to eat at harvest. It is wise not to eat the future in the present. God is the giver of both seed and bread but man determines what he does with each. Your ability to distinguish between seed and bread determines your future.
It is not everything that enters your hand that you eat. You must learn to sow seed to the future. It is a good habit that whatever enters your hand, you take a seed out of it to sow for the continuity of the fruit. There is no fruit without a seed; there is no harvest without a planting. God didn't create anything without a part of it that serves as the seed to ensure continuity. When you look at plants, trees, animals and every creature, you will realise that God made a part that will be reserved to ensure continuity. This is the reason for tithing and giving offering. It is to ensure continuity of the inflow of the blessing. I have seen people give tithe of their wedding gifts, some give out of material possession.
The underlining principle is that you should not consume all that you have on yourself, set aside a part that will serve as a seed. It takes a sower to reap. Whoever tries to reap without sowing first is trying to steal. The principle of sowing and reaping is a universal principle. It is no respecter of religion, tribe or race. If an unbeliever sows he will reap, if a believer refuses to sow he has nothing to reap. It is also important to note that seed is not limited to money.
Your life is a seed; the way you live today determines what becomes of you tomorrow. Your actions are seed, the way you treat people today is how they will treat you tomorrow. When you help others, you will be helped. Your words are seed; what you say today will manifest in your life and environment tomorrow. If you call your child 'foolish' so much that he begins to think that 'foolish' is actually his real name, he will manifest so much 'foolishness' that even you will be tired of it. If you like destroying people's lives with your pen and word, it is a seed. Whatever you do, you will get it, full measure, pressed down and shaken together.
Choose the right seeds to sow for the seed you sow today is the bread you will eat tomorrow.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that your seed will yield good harvest, in the mighty name of Jesus.
* Receive the mercy of God to avert evil harvest, and to desist from sowing evil seed, in Jesus’ mighty name.
* Ask God to put seeds in your hand that you can plant, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Both the arrow that flies by day and the terror of the night shall exempt me, in the name of Jesus.