You sow before you expect a harvest. It is no different when you give. You must give before you can expect a return whether it be thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold return.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Deuteronomy chapter 15:
10 You shall freely and generously give to him (the poor), and your heart shall not be resentful when you give to him, because for this [generous] thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings. 11 For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’
Throughout Scripture, we are urged to give. As we sow into others, the beneficial Law of sowing and reaping takes effect in our lives. We should not give to get but instead we are to get to give so that we can expand The Kingdom throughout the earth. Shouldn’t Kingdom expansion be our focus?
The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in 3rd John:
2 Beloved friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and that you continually enjoy good health, just as your soul is prospering.
The word “just” means:
exactly
precisely
absolutely
completely
totally
entirely
Jesus wants our soul to prosper so that we will be blessed in all areas and in every way. How will our soul prosper? Paul answers this as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
As we renew our minds daily with The Word, our souls will prosper to the point of proving what the perfect Will of Our Heavenly Father is for each of us. It is our reasonable service to FATHER to present ourselves daily. Living a life of passivity is not acceptable in HIS Eyes. Jesus did not come to the earth just to sit around and do nothing. He consistently ministered to those in need. We are to do the same.
Let us sow into other people’s lives and our seed will multiply as will our realm of influence. Let our firstfruits honor Our Heavenly Father as one aspect of worship. I can testify that as my wife and I sow generously, we reap an abundant harvest resulting in an increase in our giving.