Sow Now, Reap Later

Wednesday 29 November
READ: Psa. 126: 5 - 6    
MORE LESSON:  Lam. 3: 27

For every price in life there is a prize. It is wisdom to pay the price now so that you can obtain the prize tomorrow. If you need to sweat now so that you will not cry tomorrow, then it is good to sweat. A lot of people are looking for comfort too soon. A young person is supposed to be labouring so that he will not have to carry heavy load in the future. Lam. 3: 27 says that it is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. However, a lot of young people want stress-free achievement. There is nothing substantial that is stress-free in life. In fact, it is good to be under pressure and stress while young so that you will enjoy your life later. Everyone knows that going to school is stressful but if you don't and there is nothing to fall back to later in life, then expect a greater type of stress. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of regrets. The pain of regret weighs tons more than the pain of discipline. It is when you take the pain to be disciplined now that you will not suffer the pain of failure and regrets in the future.

A fundamental principle of success is the law of delayed gratification. It is the law of sowing now so that you can reap in the future. This involves using your money, effort, time and resources in such a way that you can have a better life in the future. It means you undergo the difficulty now so that you can have it easier in the future. So if you cannot buy expensive wears now because you are buying books, getting certificates or building a business, you are indeed wise as you are sowing for a great harvest. There are people who spend all they have today as if there is no tomorrow. Don't enjoy today to the detriment of tomorrow; it is better to make sacrifices today so that you can reap benefits tomorrow.

Some people never invest for tomorrow and they claim that tomorrow will take care of itself. They think it is an act of faith to eat everything today and leave tomorrow to chance. Faith has never stood alone; faith walks with wisdom and it thrives by working. Investing for tomorrow includes being diligent, building capacity, making sacrifices and sowing seeds today so that they will give credence to your faith. It is good that you believe God for a good tomorrow but we must see the seeds you are sowing today which will bring the harvest of a good tomorrow. It is when we see the seeds of sacrifice today that we will know that you will surely reap the harvest of a glorious tomorrow. 

Prayer/Action
* Ask God for grace to put your flesh under control as the price for a great tomorrow.
* Pray that the pains of sacrifice to God will yield you mighty joy and harvest.
* Pray that Satan will not win the battle against your harvest.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today, as November prepares to close, I receive grace like Elijah to overtake anyone who has gone ahead since the year of shining light began, in the mighty name of Jesus.