Sow and Reap
by Barbara Philbrook

Sow and reap that is God's loving way.
Sow the seeds God provides and then reap the harvest He sends your way.

Just as each spring the farmers must sow their seed,
if they expect to have a harvest to meet their need.

Sow brother and sister the seeds you earn,
then God will multiply them by what He will return.

We can even sow that which we have on hand.
It is the obedience of the inner heart following God's great plan.

It is the obedience God desires to see,
not the seed money earned by you and me.

So give it all, give it to our Father above,
be it earnings, possessions or time, give it out of love.

God does not need anything that we ourselves have earned.
It is the fact that we have studied His way and learned.

That we follow directions written in the past.
That we want to do His bidding right up to the very last.

It is the fact we choose to obey,
that makes God reward us in such a grand way.

Do it God's way. Do it with a faith filled heart.
God can multiply hundreds of times that which you sowed from the start.

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