Throwing Out Seed

“He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy carrying sheaves with him.” Psalm 126:6

I love the imagery of Psalm 126:6 as it relates to our adversities. Our experiences in life produce many seeds for sowing. We each possess a pouch within our hearts where these seeds are kept. We either sow in the flesh or we sow in the spirit. Each season of adversity produces a seed to plant and allows God to grow the fruit from our experiences. We cannot keep the seeds in our pouch and expect a future harvest.

We must keep moving, throwing out the seed and trusting that God will grow the harvest at the proper time through our adversities. ‘Do not become weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.’ Gal. 6:9.

A sheaf is ‘a bundle of the harvested stalks of a plant with the heads still containing their seeds.’ I love this definition as it applies to the abundance of our spiritual harvest. Not only will our seeds produce a bundle but many spiritual bundles will be harvested from one experience. Through this abundance is the potential for more growth as the seeds continue to take root.

We must plant our seeds of faith within the soil of Christ. We must allow Him to tend, grow and nourish our faith so we may ‘return with songs of joy’ in our testimonies. ‘When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed…But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.’ 1 Co. 15:37-38

If we will allow God to work in and through our adversities, our challenging experiences will provide sheaves of encouragement and fruit for the gatherer.