March 4, 2013
Sowing and Reaping 1
Remember this:
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows
generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6
I’m a liberal.
(There, I said it. I feel so relieved!)
Now before you
celebrate or get all indignant, depending on your point of view, let me
explain; I’m not talking about politics or theology. On those spectrums I’m pretty conservative,
I’d have to admit. But I’m liberal when it comes to Jesus’ invitation for
overflow. As light and salt in this world, we as God’s children have both the
privilege and mandate to live generously or overflow for others. So while I personally am pretty buttoned
down, I am learning in the economy of God’s kingdom to be a liberal, to be
generous, to live large!
As a suburbanized
farm boy, the concept of sowing and reaping has always resonated with me. It’s the simple law of the harvest: If you
want to see a harvest, you’ve gotta scatter the seed, lots of it! Be liberal. Some will fall on good ground,
some on bad. Some will bear fruit and
some, not so much. But our responsibility is to just keep liberally sowing; to
overflow the life of Christ in word and deed into the lives of all we come in
contact with.
So I live
generously. I give generously. I share from a full heart. Unlike Robert Tilton or other who teach a
prosperity gospel, I’m not sowing with the expectation of some financial
return. I’m sowing so His Kingdom can
expand, His word can spread, His name can be glorified, His church can
minister.
Some people feel
intimidated by the idea of giving generously.
Not me. It is part of a lifestyle of generosity that I want to model and
leave as a legacy for my children.
Be liberal!
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