“Seedtime and harvest shall not cease.” This was God’s solemn declaration to Noah, his household and ultimately to all creation after the flood. That means as long as I’m on the earth, when I sow any seed I have every right to expect a harvest from it; it’s a law. The Scripture says ‘seedtime and harvest’ and not ‘seedtime and harvesttime.’ That’s because there’s a specific time to sow in order to activate God’s anointing on your behalf for a multiplied and sustained harvest.
Isaac dwelt in Gerar (Genesis 26:6) a land already ravaged by famine. Everyone left town for Egypt - the land of corn and wine. Isaac wanted to do the same; he had forgotten that Abraham, his father, prospered wherever he went, irrespective of the prevailing economic conditions. Just when he was about to ‘check out’ of Gerar, God spoke to him: “Do as I say and stay here in this land. If you do, I will be with you and bless you…just as I promised Abraham your father” (Genesis 26:3 TLB). “Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold…” (Genesis 26:12-13). Isaac recognized the seedtime and thus prospered the rest of his days.
When the city of Zarephath experienced a severe famine because there hadn’t been rainfall, a poor widow came to the city gates and gathered sticks to prepare her last meal. Then the prophet Elijah showed up and demanded for the same meal she’d hoped to prepare for herself and her son. When she sowed this seed (her meal), she lived the rest of her days in plenty (1 Kings 17:8-16). Supposing she had refused to give the meal to the prophet, she would have missed her seedtime and would have starved to death. This is how to tap into “the hidden riches of secret places” (Isaiah 45:3) that God promised you.
Train yourself to respond promptly to His instruction to sow. You’re His partner; recognize that partnership and get it working by faith, just as Isaac and the widow of Zarepath did and had a hundred-fold harvest in a famine-ridden land.
