Multiply Your Seed Sown

In the 9th chapter of the book of 2 Corinthians the Apostle Paul is teaching on how the believer is to approach the giving of an offering. As he is teaching on this subject,  he goes on to make an analogy between money and seed . He compares money to a seed. Which in fact it is. The sooner the believer understands this truth, the quicker we will know how money in the kingdom of God operates and will begin to understand that in the kingdom of God just as in the natural, the law of sowing and reaping works all the time.

The Apostle Paul makes the comparison between a financial giver in the kingdom of God and a farmer in the field, they are both the same in the sense that you will reap what you sow and if there is no sowing there is no reaping. He says in verse 6 “He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap bountifully” and remember that in the context of this chapter and what the Apostle is teaching about, he is referring to the sowing of an offering. So we learn that the reaping goes in proportion to the sowing, that is true in the natural and is also true when it comes to giving into the kingdom.

Then in verse 10 the Apostle makes a powerful statement on which I received revelation knowledge many years ago, he said “Now he who ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food and MULTIPLY YOUR SEED SOWN, and       increase the fruits of your righteousness (giving). What this verse is teaching us is the following, that the only financial seed that can be multiplied by God is the financial seed that has been sown. The reason so many believers are living in financial lack is because they are not sowers, they have no seed in the ground for God to multiply and then to ultimately reap a        harvest. If you want to become a reaper you must first become a sower, that is the teaching of the Apostle Paul. When we   understand this truth then every time we bring an offering to church, we understand that what we are doing is sowing a seed, and that the seed that I have sown will be multiplied and God will take care of me and give me back exceeding, abundantly and beyond. Many believers are praying for financial blessings without giving of a financial seed. That would be like an apple farmer praying for apples without first sowing the apple seed. We know that he will receive no harvest until he puts seed into the ground.

Beloved brother and sister I encourage you to view your giving as sowing, because that is the Biblical view that God wants us to learn. When you give you are giving God something to multiply. Be a sower and you will become a reaper. Amen.

Pastor Esteban San Martin