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! The Law Of the Farm
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Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” 2 Cor 9:6
Martin Luther astutely observed, "There are three conversions necessary: the conversion of the heart, mind and the purse."
Of these three, it may well be that we moderns find the conversion of the purse the most difficult.
The average charitable giving in the United States is 1.7 percent of adjusted gross income.
The average among Christians is 2.5 percent.
-- Ron Blue
One pastor had a rather crude layman who liked to go out visiting people.
But he was rather crude, so the pastor gave him a list of delinquent church members and some church stationary and told him to write letters to all those who haven't been coming.
Several weeks later the church secretary received a letter from a lawyer with a check inside for $1000.
And enclosed was this note:
"To whom it may concern.
I received your letter and I want to remind you that there is only 1 "T" in dirty and no "C" in skunk."
What you get out of life is determined by what you put into it.
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The Law of the Farm is simply profound.
We know it very well in our minds but are not diligent in it’s practice.
One would have to ask oneself how deeply beliefs are held if they are not practiced.
It is this.
The season of harvest is intertwined with the season of sowing or planting.
What you put in the ground will determine what you get out of it.
The quantity of the harvest is determined by the season of sowing.
The nature of the crop is determined by the type of seed that is sown.
!! THE LAW OF GIVING
When you give of yourself you will receive in return.
And it pays the best dividends.
There is a universal Law Of Giving which dictates that by giving you will receive.
It defies all logic.
The thinking mind cannot comprehend how this can be so because the two actions are in direct contradiction to each other.
It is a sort of paradox.
Trying to figure it out could cause you to spin in circles.
You get by giving?
It sounds absurd.
Here I am telling you to develop your thinking while at the same time I'm giving you a principle that doesn't seem to make sense.
Giving freely of yourself and your time, money, attention, etc. to others pays you the best return on your investment.
Keeping things to yourself selfishly causes what you do have to remain the same or even to dwindle.
It almost takes an act of faith to understand why this is so.
Our thinking minds will almost short circuit while attempting to decipher the concept.
Let me interchange "subconscious mind" and "heart" to make it easier to understand.
Here is what I've come up with: The reason you receive by giving is because WHEN YOU GIVE,
IT CHANGES ~*YOU~*, IT CHANGES YOUR HEART!
And when you are transformed on the subconscious level, all kinds of unexpected things happen.
People have been rewarded in all kinds of ways when they gave.
Relationships with people are a two-way street.
When you plant good seeds in their life, they will reciprocate by planting good seeds in your life.
The tree that grows in ~*YOU~* as a result produces more fruit, providing more seed for you to reinvest.
It's an ongoing loop that grows, provided that you continue to plant.
I'm getting ahead of myself.
There is a clincher, one that most are not willing to try out for long enough because they are not patient and want immediate results.
The clincher is this: YOU MUST GIVE WILLINGLY AND WITH NO THOUGHT OF GETTING IN RETURN.
This ties in with planting good seeds in others.
It must be done with no expectation for reward.
And it must be done long term.
Every day.
Day after day.
Selflessly.
Cheerfully.
With a great attitude.
With a sincere desire to help others any way you can.
If your first thought is like mine was when I realized this, you are probably thinking, "Even if this did make sense, it's not fair!
People will just take advantage of me.
I don't wanna just keep giving and giving, I wanna get something in return!"
We all must undergo the change of heart that happens as a result of adopting a giving attitude.
The return comes as a result of the hearts of other people responding to what they sense in you.
Sure, some might take what you are offering and run, but so what?
Who cares?
For every person that does this there are many others who will give you a much greater return than what you invested in their lives.
Ø This is true in reference to abundance.
Ø This is true in reference to the nature of the crop.
*Some Things We Can’t Do*
(1) Sow bad habits and reap a good character.
(2) Sow jealously and hatred and reap love and friendship.
(3) Sow wicked thoughts and reap a clean life.
(4) Sow wrong deeds and live righteously.
(5) Sow crime and get away with it.
(6) Sow dissipation and reap a healthy body.
(7) Sow crooked dealings and succeed indefinitely.
(8) Sow self-indulgence and not show it in your face.
(9) Sow disloyalty and reap loyalty from others.
(10) Sow dishonesty and reap integrity.
(11) Sow profane words and reap clean speech.
(12) Sow disrespect and reap respect.
(13) Sow deception and reap confidence.
(14) Sow untidiness and reap neatness.
(15) Sow intemperance and reap sobriety and temperance.
(16) Sow indifference and reap nature’s rewards.
(17) Sow mental or physical laziness and reap a responsible position in society.
(18) Sow cruelty and reap kindness.
(19) Sow wastefulness and reap thriftiness.
(20) Sow cowardice and reap courage.
(21) Sow destruction of other people’s property and reap protection for our own.
(22) Sow greed and envy and reap generosity.
(23) Sow neglect of the Lord’s house and reap strength in temptation.
(24) Sow neglect of the Bible and reap a well-guided life.
(25) Sow human thistles and reap human roses.
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Ø This is true in reference to the measure that we use.
God’s blessing in our lives is directly proportional to the blessing that we are to others in this life.
LK 6:37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged.
Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
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