Planning Your Harvest

Paul wrote in Galatians 6:7: "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." The analogy of harvest is so important. Most farmers I know don't just walk out into their fields and start throwing all kinds of seed around the field. They take time to plan out their field, to know what produce they are going, where they are going to plant them, what season they want the harvest to occur, and things like that. In other words, they plan their harvest!

Spiritually speaking, many of us never reap an amazing harvest, because we fail to plan for an amazing harvest.

What do I mean to metaphorically plan your future harvest? I think it is akin to what David wrote in Psalm 37:4: The Psalmist David says in Psalm 37:4: "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."


I challenge you to take some time in the upcoming days and think about what you really want to harvest during the next year, two years, or decade.  to sit down and think about what you really want. Be completely honest. Write down whatever is on your heart in relation to all areas of your life: your finances, your family, your health, your spiritual life, your career, and so on.

If there's something on the list that shouldn't be there, God will help you deal with it. David said that the Lord will give you the desires of your heart, and there are two ways you can apply this. He gives you what your heart desires when you let him put the right kind of desire in your heart. If you let him, he will change what your heart desires. Have you ever wanted something that you just knew wasn't right for you ... but you wanted it anyway? Without a doubt we all have. Here's what I've learned. The more you seek the Lord, the more time you spend in his presence, the more your desires will change. He will make your heart desire the right thing, and then he will give you what your heart desires.