Pastor Bill Novak of The Spoken Word Church recently taught a series on "Preparing To Prosper". One of the valuable lessons that we learned was that, though the Word of God says THIS in Genesis 8:22:
22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
... and 'seedtime' is one word, we also know that we CAN separate this word to say seed, time and harvest without losing any of the intended meaning, while also adding another valuable nuance of meaning to this spiritual law! We KNOW that when we plant seeds in our garden, there is a definite time period between the planting of the 'seed' and the time of the harvest. In that 'between' time, the plant is growing until it becomes ready to harvest. Every living plant has its own timetable for growing! I have friends and family who are now, just after the first day of Spring, planting their seeds inside where it is warm. They wait and watch for the first sign that the seed has sprouted and begins to grow and appear above the soil! Eventually, when the ground is thawed and the weather right for growing, they will transplant these small plants into their gardens and there they will continue to grow and mature until harvest time! So it is with everything that we 'sow'! Joseph Prince explains this very well concerning healing in today's "Grace Inspirations":
DON’T GIVE UP AT THIRTYFOLD!
Mark 4:8 “But other seed fell on
good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some
thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
Perhaps you have marveled at
God’s instantaneous healing miracles. Perhaps you believed that He would do the
same for you. But now, when you see your own healing taking so long to
manifest, you are tempted to give up.
My friend, when the manifestation
does not come instantaneously, we are not to be discouraged because Jesus let
us in on a secret when He shared the parable of the sower (see Mark 4:3–20).
The parable of the sower teaches
us that once we receive God’s Word into our hearts regarding our situation,
God’s blessings will manifest in progression. When we receive our thirtyfold
manifestation, it means that 70 per cent of that condition is still there. But
some of us give up at thirtyfold because we still feel more pain than relief.
We need to realize that we are
thirtyfold better than before, and our sixtyfold is coming! Once we receive our
sixtyfold manifestation, there is still 40 per cent that is not well. But we
are more healed than sick now, and we only need to get ready for the
hundredfold manifestation!
For years, I had a skin
condition. Medication did not help and, finally, after I had done everything I
knew to do, I decided to take the Holy Communion and pray about it. I said,
“Father, I have an infirmity. I don’t know what is hindering the physical
manifestation of this healing. Holy Spirit, I am trusting You to make perfect
intercession regarding the manifestation of my healing.”
That was how I prayed for my skin
condition. Did I look into the mirror to see if it had left? Of course I did! I
am like anyone else. But did I stop praying? No, I kept on praying until one
day, I heard a voice within me say, “Look at your body.” When I looked into the
mirror, the skin condition was completely gone! I was totally healed, but the
manifestation of the healing was gradual.
Today, if you have seen only a
thirtyfold increase in your situation, don’t give up. The sixtyfold, then
hundredfold increases are on their way to you!
Shalom in Him!
