Written by Uyoyou Christiana Chares-Iyoha
The divine enrichment and enlargement for success comes
through the planting of seeds - Psalm 126 verses 5 to 6. Seeds vary but irrespective of the diversity of
seeds, they all have a common charateristic. They must be planted to produce
harvests. While it is the responsibility of humans to plant seeds it is the
responsibility of God to produce harvests through His myriad blessings upon
seeds that are planted. That is why anyone expecting harvests should plant
seeds. The Bible in Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 verses 4 to 6 admonishes believers
on the need to plant seeds consistently, frequently, always, regularly. In
point of fact, the planting of seeds should be a routine with an established
pattern so that the seeds planted can produce the desired harvests. This is to
say that giving in whatever form is not a one off activity. Significantly, God
initiates and empowers us to do the giving – Ephesians Chapter 2 verse 10.
For instance, God expects your tithes to be
consistent. You are to give as your inflow comes in. Your tithe obligations as
well as other seeds must be consistent. Inconsistent giving is disobedience. Therefore
create a personal pattern and routine or schedule for giving on the respective
soils God assigned to you. Please see 1st Corinthians Chapter 16
verses 1 to 2. When you plant consistently, your harvests are consistent but
inconsistent planting births inconsistent harvests. Therefore, to receive
consistent harvests, consistent inflow, your giving should be consistent.
Tithing is a lifestyle of obedience that should be done consistently. Planting
and reaping is a circle – Genesis Chapter 8 verse 22. It is a continuous
activity. You can experience the power of routine and consistent giving. If you
break it, you interrupt the flow of your harvests.
Do not wait for perfect time or conditions. If you
are waiting for a convenient time to plant, you will have gaps and delayed
harvests. Do not look at the wind which represents the unpaid bills and the financial
challenges that may discourage you from planting seeds. Instead, plant and God
will give you a harvest. The key is to focus on regularity in your giving. Some
of the reasons for inconsistent giving are lack of faith and unbelief. If faith
and confidence in God consistently wavers and care is not taken to address them,
it will lead to doubts – James Chapter 1 verses 6 to 7. The panacea is faith.
Some people give emotionally. They are emotional
givers who give because someone whips up their emotions. God does not like such
giving. He prefers it when you give as a lifestyle; you cultivate a
pattern/routine for giving. Please see Philippians Chapter 2 verse 19.
There are people God ordained for you to do good
works to. Do not ignore them. They are powerful soils in which God wants you to
plant. These are people critical to your assignment; people who have helped or
supported you through the years to get to where you are in life. Appreciate
them. Do not be too busy or preoccupied to remember and appreciate them. Do not
be forgetful and negligent. Also, there are people God inspires you to bless
through flashes. God knows that it is human nature to forget which is why He
reminds you through the flashes. God has different ways of reminding us to plant.
One of them is through the book of remembrance – Esther Chapter 6 verses 1 to
14.To forget is negligence. There are seasons of planting that are critical to
breakthroughs that are coming your way. Take advantage of them.
God is the One Who has the capacity and power to
compound the little you have into abundance. Why hold back that little from God
and continue to suffer insufficiency when simple obedience to release the
little compounds it? God is interested in routine. Be a consistent giver to be a
recipient of consistent harvests. If you do not give consistently, your
harvests will be fragmented, truncated – Galatians Chapter 6 verse 9.
Beloved, take a quality decision to always and
routinely plant seeds that will ensure your continued stay at Success Street.
Shalom.
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