SEEDTIME AND HARVEST
The first chapter of Genesis contains what I call the law of Genesis. If you get a good
understanding of this, it will help you understand God's ways. The law of seedtime and harvest
is God’s method.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree
yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11,12 Now let's look at what God said to Noah after the flood. God made a promise regarding this earth.
And Noah ... offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again
curse the ground any more for man’s sake .
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and
winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 8:20-22 This is the method that God has chosen for this planet, and it will be that way as long as this planet is in
existence.
Seedtime and harvest is God's method. The law of Genesis is one of God's fixed laws.
Everything produces after its kind and the seed is in itself. It works that way in everything.
The seed of strife is in strife itself. If you get into strife with someone, it will create more
strife. If you give love, you can reap love. The seed is in itself.
This is God's method of seedtime and harvest. But sometimes people say, "I know why
you're speaking God's promises. You're just trying to use God's Word to bring a manifestation."
Yes! That's the way it works! That's why He sent His Word.
The Kingdom of God works this way. It's as if a man should cast seed into the ground.
Look at what Jesus had to say about the kingdom.
So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he
knoweth not how.
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the
full corn in the ear.
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the
harvest is come.
Mark 4:26-29 This is something you can do. Jesus said that you are the one planting the seed. You speak it out of your
mouth. When you speak it, it is as a seed, it goes into the heart—the human spirit— and there it begins to grow and produce. The
Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground. Mark 4:15-20 shows that the heart of man is the soil, or ground.
Notice Jesus said, For the earth (the heart of man) bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the
blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear (Mark 4:28). Sometimes people give up
before the harvest. Many of you reading this book have done that. You gave up during the
growth process.
In Mark 11:23, Jesus tells us the principle of the law of faith. Whosoever shall say, shall
believe, shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe what he says will come to pass, shall have
whatsoever he says. (Paraphrased.) That is the God-kind of faith. That is the way it works.
The Seed Is a Necessity
Sometimes people think it's going to happen just because they say it. Saying it is involved in
planting it. But it won't necessarily happen just because you say it. I want you to get this point,
because many people get hold of Mark 11:23 and run off into left field and make a mess of
things.
It won’t work just because you say it. But saying it is involved in working it. It's like saying to a farmer about farming,
'You won't necessarily have a harvest just because you plant. But you will never have a harvest if you don't plant.'
We get criticized for teaching people to confess the Word of God and say what God said.
Some people say, . "Confessing God's Word is just too mechanical."
But were talking about planting seeds for a harvest. When you're talking about the power of words, you're talking about the
power of seeds. It is the life in that seed the farmer plants which causes the manifestation of the very thing he planted. There is
life in God's Word—in the promise itself. It is the life God breathed into it.
God's Word is incorruptible seed. So what are you going to use for seed if you don't use
God's Word? God's promises are seeds for a harvest.
Act as God Would Act
I have heard people say, "Those people who confess God's Word and say the promises of
God over and over are just trying to act like God!"
Yes! That's exactly what we're trying to do: Act as God would act in a similar situation.
We know how God would act in a bad situation because of what He did in Genesis 1:3. He saw
darkness over the earth, and He said, "Light!" What did He do? He spoke the thing desired.
Some will say, "But that was God."
That's right, that was God. But in Genesis, God also said:
... Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26 How was man going to have dominion? You can understand how Adam could run the jack rabbit out of the
cabbage, but what was he going to do when the elephant began tromping own the cabbage?
God said for him to subdue it. He was to do it the same way God did—with the power of
faith-filled words. He was to subdue the earth, and he was to do it God's way. When he saw
something that he didn't like, it was his responsibility to change it. He was to change it the way
God changed things—speaking faith-filled words. Jesus said:
... What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall
have them.
Mark 11:24
In other words, pray the desire; don't pray the thing that you don't desire. Speak the thing
desired, even when you pray.
Sow It the Way God Said It
We have been taught that we should "tell it like it is." That is not a Bible method. The Bible
method is that you say it the way the Word of God says it.
If your wants are in line with the Word of God, then say it the way you want it. Say it the
way God said it. When you see lack and problems in your life, speak abundance and peace.
That's the seed you are sowing. Go to the Word of God, find the promise, and plant that seed.
You are seeding for a harvest.
The problem has been that people say a few things, they plant a few seeds, then go off and
leave them. You don’t necessarily have a harvest just because you plant the seed. You must
care for that seed. It takes time for these things to manifest.
It’s not going to happen just because you say it. But saying it is involved in making it happen. The farmer is not
necessarily going to have a harvest just because he planted. But planting is involved in obtaining a harvest. There will be no
harvest without planting.
The law of Genesis says everything produces after its kind. But the very thing which God has
designed to cause us to be victorious in life can also work in reverse for us, if we don't follow the
instruction book—God's Word.
Checking the Seed
God didn't give you the Word to put you in bondage. But I have had people say, "This
confession teaching just puts me in bondage. I can't say anything anymore, because I have to
watch what I'm saying.
You can see it taking effect when you have to watch what you are saying. Some of the things
you continually speak are causing your problems.
When people come to me and tell me about their problems, sometimes I ask, "How long have
you been confessing the negative over this situation?" Some have been doing it for 20 years.
Their major problem is just one inch below their nose—their mouth. The problem is what they
have been confessing for 20 years.
In Luke 17:5,6, the apostles said to Jesus, Lord, increase our faith. In other words, "Just
give us more faith." It would be good if we could just ask God to give us more faith. Wouldn't
that be great if He would then give us a bushel basket full?
Notice Jesus replied, “If you had faith as a seed, you would say . . .” The King James
Version says, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say. . . . But other translations say, If ye had faith as a
seed, ye would say . . . (NASB, Wuest, Moffatt). That is a stronger statement than the King James translation.
And the Lord said, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed ye might say unto this
sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should
obey you.
Luke 17:6
Problems Obey You
Jesus did not say the tree would obey God, and He did not say it would obey the Holy Spirit.
He said it would obey you. These are the words of Jesus.
The apostles thought they needed more faith. But Jesus said to them, "Fellows, you don't
need more faith. You need to understand that faith works like a seed. Unless you plant it, it will
not produce:" (My paraphrase.)
Faith does not come by asking. Faith comes by hearing the spoken Word of God. (Rom.
10:17.)
Planting the Seed
A seed does not produce unless you plant it. If you had one grain of wheat, you couldn't
make biscuits out of it. You couldn't make gravy out of it because it is not enough. But, if you
are smart enough to plant it and keep planting the harvest, eventually you could feed the world
from the wheat that grain produced. It is simple. When you plant it, it produces a harvest.
So Jesus is saying to the disciples, “If you had faith that you were willing to plant...” The
problem was that they did not have faith they were willing to plant. They did not have faith as a
seed. It is possible to have faith that is not planted or given to use.
You could say, "Oh, yes, I believe the Bible is true. I believe it from cover to cover."
Someone might say Philippians 4:19 says, But my God shall supply all your need according to
his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Luke 6:38 says, Give, and it shall be given unto you; good
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
They say, "Well, yes, I know that's in the Bible."
"Is it true in your life?"
"Well, no, it's not true in my life."
"Why isn't it true in your life?"
"I guess it just isn't God's will."
The Word of God is the Will of God. It is God’s will, but it won’t happen in your life just
because it’s God’s will. You will not be healed just because the Bible says, . . by whose (Jesus')
stripes ye were healed (1 Pet. 2:24). You will not become prosperous just because the Bible says,
. . . whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Ps. 1:3.)
The Word must be inside you. You can't take a Bible down to the hospital and lay it on
someone to get them healed, although the Bible is full of the Word of God. But if you can get
that Word inside them, it will manifest itself.
The Word produces when it is planted in the heart.
Faith Speaks
Jesus said to the apostles, If ye had faith as a seed, ye would say to the sycamine (Black
Mulberry) tree. . . . Evidently, they were walking down a _path, and the tree was right in the
middle of the path. This tree was an obstacle in their way.
Jesus said, “Fellows, if you had faith as a seed, you could say to this inanimate object, this
tree, 'Be plucked up by the roots, be planted in the sea, and it—the tree—would obey you.”
Another paraphrase of His words would be, “It would obey your faith-filled words, if you had
faith as a seed.”'
Jesus tells two great faith secrets here: Faith is as a seed, or it works as a seed; and, you plant
it by speaking it.
Someone may say, “You're not going to catch me speaking to trees and mountains and
talking to things.”
You probably won't see those things removed either. Jesus is not talking about uprooting
trees anyway, no more than He is talking about blowing Mount Everest into the sea when He
said, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain be thou removed....
He’s talking about problem areas in your life, about situations that you face and
circumstances you don't know how to handle. He tells you to say to that situation, “Be plucked
up, be planted in the sea; depart, be gone.” Tell it what to do and where to go.
Dominion With Words
This is the way Adam was to have dominion in the beginning. God told Adam to have
dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, over everything that creeps on the earth.
Now that's good news in itself, just knowing that you have dominion over creeps.
How was Adam going to subdue the elephant? He would have to do it with his faith. There
was not much he could do about it physically. He had to do it with his faith and the power of
words. He had to operate in dominion by his faith. He had to operate the way God operated. He
was in His likeness.
The Tongue Deceives the Heart
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth
his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
James 1:26
James said, “If any man seems to be religious, what he believes will be in vain if he doesn't
watch what he speaks.” There are many that seem to be religious, but they don't bridle their
tongues. They speak all sorts of things that destroy their faith and deceive their heart.
When they start out in their Christian life, they may have great faith. But if they believe and
speak everything they hear on television, they will have faith in the devil to steal what they have.
They will have faith in depression, instead of prosperity. What they believed in the beginning
will disappear because faith cometh by hearing. Fear also comes the same way.
If you pray one thing and say another, your saying will nullify your praying.
Spiritual Law Works
Someone made the statement that those who say they can and those who say they can’t are
both right regarding any situation.
Learn to operate in the power of God’s Word and the law of faith. We can all understand
natural law. There is the law of gravity. You know the law of gravity works. There is always
someone foolish enough to say that it doesn't apply to them, but if they just jump off a building,
they will discover that it does.
The law of gravity works when it's cold, and it works when it's hot. It works when the wind is
blowing, and it works when it's not. It works when it's raining, and it works when it's dark
because it's a fixed law of God.
God’s Word is spiritual law. God's Word works when you apply it properly to your situation.
But sometimes we have made up our own rules and spoken things we didn't mean and then say,
"Well, I said that, but I really didn't mean it. I did say we are going bankrupt, but God knows
what I meant."
That's like you going to the phone and saying, "I'm going to dial my father on the phone,"
then dialing three or four numbers right but missing the last three. Then you say, "Oh, well, the
phone company knows what I meant."
You are not going to talk to your father. You didn't follow the phone company's instructions.
Uncontrolled Power Will Destroy
We have to realize something; we have to go by God's rules. God has some rules and
regulations concerning His laws. And when we operate in spiritual law, we must operate with
God's rules.
Controlled and Uncontrolled Power
We have learned how to conform to and enforce the laws of electricity, and as long as you
don't violate that law, you can use electricity safely.
It will heat your house, cook your food, and wash your clothes. We have said, "My, isn't it
wonderful that we have electricity?" But that same force, which can do so much good for you,
will destroy you if it's uncontrolled.
Proverbs says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Prov. 18:21). The old adage,
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," is simply not true. Words
can destroy you for words produce faith or fear. Faith will build. Fear will destroy.
Binding or Loosing
The spirit world can be controlled by the Word of God. Jesus gave Peter some insight
concerning the kingdom.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven.
Matthew 16:19 With words you bind things, or you loose other things. Sometimes you think you are just being honest, and
you loose the devil against your finances by saying things like, “Well, we just never can get ahead.” "If I ever do get a good job, I
lose it." Those words loose the enemy against you. The enemy operates on the authority of your words.
The Word says:
Whatever you do will prosper, and no weapon formed against you will prosper. If you give, it will be given unto you, good
measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over shall men give unto you. You have favor with men and God. (Ps. 1:3;
ls. 54:17; Luke 6:38; Acts 2:47.)
That's what God said about it. But sometimes we say, "Nothing I ever do works. It always
blows up in my face." We have said that because we have not understood the power of the words
spoken out of our mouth.
Do you realize what negative words can do to your spirit? They may not affect anyone else
much, but they will affect you. Words spoken are powerful because you release them into your
spirit.
You release the ability of God by speaking God's Word in you. God’s Word in your mouth
produces a force called "faith" in the human spirit. What is abundantly in your heart gets back in
your mouth, and when it gets in your mouth, it gets abundantly in your heart. It starts a dynamo
going, and it generates a spiritual force called faith.
Hebrews 11:1 says this faith is the substance of things hoped for. It is the evidence of things
not seen. So faith is the evidence of those things that you hope for. That faith comes from God’s
Word. Faith is both the substance and the evidence of the things desired.
What is the substance of what a farmer desires? The only thing he has to start with in the
spring of the year is seed. He has the seed of a harvest. The seed is in itself. The ability to
reproduce is in that seed. It will produce the same many times more than he plants.
God's Word—His promises—are just as powerful.
Let me share with you what the Lord spoke to me in 1974 in Dallas, Texas. He said:
Not one bit of the power has departed from My Word. There is as much power in My Word
now as there was the day that I spoke it. My Word is not void of power—but My people are void
of speech. They will not speak what I have said. But they speak what the world says. They speak
what the enemy says.
Even as there is creative power in My Word to be released when you speak it, there is even
also evil power present in the words of the enemy to afflict and oppress everyone who speaks
them.
We have understood to some degree that there is creative power in God's Word. But I don't
think we have ever stopped to think that as surely as there is power in God's Word, there is evil
power present in the words of the enemy to afflict and oppress those who speak them.
Faith Comes by Hearing
We talk about speaking God's Word and releasing a force called "faith" inside us, which is
the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. There's also a reciprocal of
that truth. Since there is spiritual power in God's Word to release faith, there is also a spiritual
force in the words of the enemy. That force is called fear.
Faith in God comes by hearing the Word of God. Even so, faith in the devil comes by hearing
the words of the devil. Faith in the devil is called fear.
I want to say that again just a little differently. .. faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen (Heb. 11:1). It is the substance of things desired, because what I hope
for is what I desire. Faith is the substance of things desired, and that faith comes by hearing
God's Word.
I hear the promise of God, and I desire the promise of God. I speak the promise of God that
releases the spiritual force in me called faith, which is the substance of the thing desired. Faith in
God and His Word comes by hearing God's Word.
Fear Also Comes by Hearing
Fear comes by hearing the words of the devil. So if hearing God's Words produces faith,
hearing the devil's words produces fear. Just as faith is the substance of things desired, fear is the
substance of things not desired.
That is why you ought to resist fear like you resist the devil. Now you can understand why
Job said. .. the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me and that which I was afraid of is
come unto me (Job 3:25).
When you get out there in the business world or in the ministry, you must come against fear,
for Satan uses the fear tactic.
How do you overcome fear? By speaking the Word of God. Remember what Jesus said in
reply to the devil's temptation to turn stones into bread?
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:4
If you live by every word of God, then it's just as true that you would die by the words of the
devil. Because the Word of God produces life-giving faith, the words of the devil produce death-
giving fear. When you are speaking contrary to the Word of God, you are producing fear.
Sometimes people don't realize they are quoting the devil. But you quote the devil when you
speak things that are opposite to the Word of God.
Whether you realize it or not, those are the two sources. When we speak contrary to the
Word of God, we are also releasing spiritual forces out of our mouths. Those forces will get in
our spirits (hearts).
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them (God's commandments) upon the table of thine heart.
Proverbs 7:2,3 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have
made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalm 45:1
That's the way it works, so put your pen to work.
Don’t Agree With the Enemy
If you speak the words of the enemy, you are writing the words of the enemy on the table of
your heart. The reason some people are so filled with fear is that they believe everything they see
and hear on television. Jesus Himself said this about the last days:
Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming
on the earth ....
Luke 21:26
Jesus did not say men's hearts will fail them because of the things which are on the earth. He
said men's hearts will fail them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on
the earth—in other words, worrying and fretting over tomorrow.
Jesus is not talking about heart attacks. He could be, by the law of double reference, but I
cannot find in the Word of God where Jesus ever talked about the physical heart. He is talking
about the spiritual part of man—the human spirit. He's talking about "soil" that He put in you—
where the kingdom abides.
Jesus is saying that the kingdom in the heart of man will fail to function properly because of
fear.
You may have faith when you are around other Christians who believe as you do. But when
you get out into the world were you are right down to the nitty gritty, you will have to resist fear
like you resist the devil. You do that by quoting what God said, in the face of every situation and
every circumstance. Even though it seems as if all hell has broken loose against you, say what
God said about you. It causes faith to come.
Words of Life
There is life in every Word of God. In fact, Jesus said it this way:
The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:63
In other words, there is spirit life in every Word of God.
Since that is true, there must be spirit death in the words of the devil. Your words affect your
spirit. You can speak words of life to your spirit by agreeing with God. You can speak words of
death to your spirit by agreeing with the devil.
Proverbs put it this way:
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of man, the human spirit, will sustain his weakness. One translation says the human spirit will
hold off or hold in weakness or infirmity. It will work either way. The human spirit, the heart of man, will hold off—or hold in —
weakness, depending upon what you speak into your spirit.
That is what the Word of God says about it. The heart will hold weakness off or hold it in.
Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be
loosed in heaven. The power of binding and loosing is here on the earth. Binding and loosing is
done with faith-filled words. We speak words: either words of faith or words of fear. Words of
faith bring God on the scene with all His ability. Words of fear bring the devil on the scene and
release his ability.
Words are important. Just as people learn to use the natural laws, we can learn to operate in
spiritual laws. Your words are as seeds that are sown. They will produce a harvest just as surely
as you plant them.
Check Seed Before Sowing
Be careful what you plant. People sometimes pray the wrong things.
Have you ever caught yourself praying what the devil said? That's an embarrassing situation.
Once while praying, I said, “Lord, my prayer is not working. Things are getting worse.”
The Spirit of God said, "Who told you that?"
I thought for a minute and said, “It must have been the devil, because You sure didn't say it
in Your Word.”
He said, "No. And I would appreciate it if you would quit telling me what the devil said."
Sometimes people pray the problem instead of the answer. If you pray the problem in prayer,
you then will have more faith in the problem, because faith cometh by hearing.
You can destroy your faith by your praying when you pray the problem.
If you pray, "Now, Lord, You know that John lost his job, and we don't have any money
coming in, and we won't be able to make the car payment, and we are surely going to lose our
house by the end of the year because the note is due then, and, Lord, you know that he can't find
ajob... "
You will get up from that kind of prayer having faith that he cant get a job and that your
needs will not be met. You will feel so pious about praying. But what that prayer did was open
the door to the devil.
What is the solution to that situation? It is simple—find the answer in God's Word, then pray
the answer.
Pray the Answer
"Father, Your Word says whatsoever things I desire, when I pray, believe that I have received
them, and I shall have them. Therefore, in the name of Jesus, I pray that John gets a job—a better
one. I pray that we will have all of our needs met, according to Your riches in glory. Thank You,
Father. I believe I receive when I pray, and I thank You for it. I rejoice over it and praise You,
Father, that we will get this house paid off and be able to give $10,000 to missions."
You'll get up from that prayer having faith in the promises of God to meet your need. Not
because you asked for faith, but because you quoted the promise of God in your prayer. And
faith comes by hearing the Word of God.
Faith in God comes by hearing the Word of God. You can also turn that around. Faith in the
devil comes by hearing the words of the devil.
We need to control the words that come out of our mouths. God created man with the ability
to operate on His level of faith. Jesus said, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him
that believeth (Mark 9:23). All things are possible with God. So believe and speak it. Release our
faith in it, and develop yourself in the God-kind of faith.
His Word Is Magnified
There is power in the name of Jesus, but God has magnified His Word above His Name.
That's why God's Word is important in our lives.
We must set a watch on our mouths. Determine to speak only things which agree with God's
Word. That doesn't mean you go around just quoting the Bible all the time. You don't have to
quote God's Word all the time, but speak things which are in agreement with His Word.
Jesus said that He spoke only that which He heard His Father say. (John 8:26.)
If you will do the same, you will see things change in your situation. Begin to confess in
faith, “I have the wisdom of God. I have the direction of God. I hear the voice of the Good
Shepherd.”
Then you will hear the voice of the Good Shepherd, and you will have the wisdom of God in
your situation. It will come to you if you continue to do it, because God's Word works to bring
the manifestation of what God promised. Remember the seed is in the promise itself.
Don’t Tell God What the Devil Said
When the Lord said He would appreciate it if I didn't tell Him what the devil said, I was
praying about my finances. He also told me that if I didn't change my confession, it wouldn't get
any better.
I said, "Lord, what am I going to do? It's true that I have all these financial problems."
He said, "Go to the Word of God, and see what I said about it, and confess what I said about
your finances." Then one day during my confession time, I stopped and said, "Lord, I'm
confessing all these things, and it just seems like I am lying."
He said, "Son, how can you lie saying what I said?" How could anyone lie when they are
quoting what God said about their situation?
Another time when I was praying, I said, “Lord, I don't hear Your voice. I know You said we
will hear the voice of the Good Shepherd, but I don't hear Your voice.”
I was talking to Him and telling Him that I didn't hear His voice. Sometimes we get caught
up in wanting to hear an audible voice. But He said to me, “Go to the Word of God where I said
My sheep hear My voice. Confess that you do hear the voice of the Good Shepherd, and that you
know His voice, and the voice of a stranger you will not follow. Confess that the Spirit of Truth
that abides in you teaches you all things and guides you into all truth. Confess that you have
perfect knowledge of every situation. Do this over and over, and make it a daily confession.”
He said, “If you will do that, over a period of time you will call that into manifestation until
you will hear My voice accurately.”
It didn't happen overnight. It was a process of renewing my mind.
Tune Your Spirit to Right Frequency
You hear so many people saying, "I don't know what God is saying. I don't ever hear from
God."
But some of those same people are quick to tell you what the devil said to them. Think about
that for a minute. How is it they hear the devil, but don't hear God?
Some Christians go around saying, “The devil said this to me. . . .” But they say, “I never
hear what God is saying.” They were too busy talking to the devil. They need to tune to a
different frequency and confess, "I don't hear the voice of a stranger. I hear the voice of the Good
Shepherd."
After confessing that for eight or ten months, it will be much easier to hear the voice of the
Good Shepherd.
We have assumed some things, and then we have been taught some other things which were
wrong. When you confess these things, you will find there is enough power in each promise to
cause it to manifest itself in your life. It will manifest itself in every aspect of your life over a
period of time.
Be a Doer, Not Just a Hearer
But you must do it. It is not a matter of saying, "Well, it's in the Bible. I guess it will happen
to me."
The Kingdom of God is as if a man cast seed into the ground. You must sow the seed, then
the harvest will come. The harvest has no choice. It must come. It is God's promise. If you will
sow the seed, you eventually will receive a harvest for the law of seedtime and harvest is still in
effect. It will never cease as long as the earth remaineth. This is God's method and it will work
for you.
The choice is yours. But you must make a decision to do it. If you are not satisfied with your
harvest, check up on the seed you are sowing. If you are sowing the incorruptible seed of God's
Word, your harvest is on the way. Don't give up. With God, you can make it.
Bible References
The Bible. A New Translation. Copyright ©
1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 by James A.R. Moffatt. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. New York, New York.
New American Standard Bible (NASB). © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, Copyright 1973, 1975, 1977 by The
Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California.
The New Testament: An Expanded Translation (Wuest) translated by Kenneth S. Wuest. Copyright © 1961 by Wm. B.
Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
SEEDTIME AND HARVEST
. . so is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep,
and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how . . . . But
when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come”
(Mark 4:26,27,29).
Seedtime and harvest is God’s method for bringing forth His Kingdom into our lives.
Everything produces after its kind. If you give love, you will reap love.
PLANT YOUR SEED
This is something you can do. Jesus said that you are the one planting the seed. God’s Word
is incorruptible seed, and God’s promises are seeds tor harvest. In this book you will learn that as
you speak God’s promises out of your mouth as a seed, it goes into your heart to grow and
produce a harvest of blessing.
