CULTIVATE YOUR LAND 1

19 HE WHO TILLS [works or cultivates] HIS LAND WILL HAVE PLENTY OF BREAD, BUT he who follows FRIVOLITY will have POVERTY ENOUGH!
20 A faithful man will ABOUND with BLESSINGS, BUT he who HASTENS to be RICH will not go UNPUNISHED."
Proverbs 28:19,20 (NKJV)

• You have to till your land before you can Harvest. If you cultivated not or worked not your land, Harvest would be farfetched or be a mirage.

• If you failed to plant, you will equally harvest nothing. Before you can harvest, God wants you to work on the land, the assignment, He has given you. And as you till your land, you have to pay attention to these:
  a. Hard-working. In your God-given assignment, hard-working is expected of you.
  b. Abundance. God blesses the work or the assignment of whoever is faithful and diligent, in whatever is given to such to do.

• What are the basic truths about Harvest.

• You had to know your land; your function or work in the Body of Christ, that is, your God-given assignment; that you might not be working in another person's field.
• If you worked in another person's field, the assignment that was not given to you, It would amount to labour lost—toiling without any Harvest or reward.
• It is not enough to know your field or function, you have to follow the principles that govern your assignment, for you to experience abundance in the Harvest.
• Harvest is in different measures, or folds, and for it to be bumper, mega, or abundant, the work or the land had to be worked or cultivated According to God's principles.
• God has given us His Word to guide us in this world of darkness. If you obeyed the commands or principles written in His Word, the Bible; you cannot but experience abundance.
• Many professed believers trusted in their efforts and neglected God. Human abilities or efforts are not enough! Without God's help, there is a limit to human ability, knowledge, or whatever (Psalm 127:1).
• If things are working and you are prospering, God is the reason why things are prospering. Nothing works or prospers without Him! (John 15:5)
• Thus, God has to be acknowledged in all your endeavours, and every glory be ascribed to Him.

• Note: Harvest comes in phases, because God does things progressively and systematically: "THE EARTH PRODUCES THE CROPS ON ITS OWN. FIRST A LEAF BLADE PUSHES THROUGH, THEN THE HEADS OF WHEAT ARE FORMED, AND FINALLY THE GRAIN RIPENS" (Mark 4:28 NLT).

• In HARVESTING:
  (i) Putting God first is important. The first-fruits of your harvest are to be presented to God as an offering, before you could take any for yourself (Leviticus 23:10-14).
  THE similar Scripture found in the new Testament is:
  13 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THOSE WHO MINISTER THE HOLY THINGS EAT OF THE THINGS OF THE TEMPLE, AND THOSE WHO SERVE AT THE ALTAR PARTAKE OF THE OFFERINGS OF THE ALTAR? 14 EVEN SO THE LORD HAS COMMANDED THAT THOSE WHO PREACH THE GOSPEL SHOULD LIVE FROM THE GOSPEL" (1 Corinthians 9:13,14 NKJV).
  READ: Galatians 6:6; Philippians 4:16,17

(ii) God wants you to consider the Poor:
“WHEN YOU HARVEST THE CROPS OF YOUR LAND, DO NOT HARVEST THE GRAIN ALONG THE EDGES OF YOUR FIELDS, AND DO NOT PICK UP WHAT THE HARVESTERS DROP. LEAVE IT FOR THE POOR AND THE FOREIGNERS LIVING AMONG YOU. I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 23:22 NLT).
READ: Leviticus 19:9,10; Ruth 2:1-3.

• To paraphrase this Law or principle in the New Testament language:
  7-9 IN FACT, when Peter, James, and John, who were known as the pillars of the church, saw how greatly God had used me in WINNING THE GENTILES, just as Peter had been blessed so greatly in his PREACHING TO THE JEWS—for the same God gave us each our special gifts—they shook hands with Barnabas and me and encouraged us to keep right on with our preaching to the Gentiles while they continued their work with the Jews. 10 THE ONLY THING THEY DID SUGGEST WAS THAT WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER TO HELP THE POOR, AND I, TOO, WAS EAGER FOR THAT" (Galatians 2:7-10 the Living Bible).
  9 AND RECOGNIZING THE GRACE [that God had] BESTOWED ON ME, James and Cephas (Peter) and John, who were reputed to be pillars [of the Jerusalem church], GAVE TO ME AND BARNABAS THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP, so that we could go to the Gentiles [with their blessing] and they to the circumcised (Jews). 10 THEY ASKED ONLY [one thing], THAT WE REMEMBER THE POOR, THE VERY THING I WAS ALSO EAGER TO DO" (Galatians 2:9-11 Amps).

• You will not fail in Jesus' name.

• If you had any ailment in your body, I declare your healing now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
• Whatever is not planted by God that is working against your health and wellness such is rebuked and uprooted completely in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
  Peace!
  TO BE CONTINUED

STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. Ask that He will write your name in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).

• If you took the steps As highlighted above, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!