Topic: Sower Of Eater [Teens’ Open Heavens 4, April 2018]
Memorise: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into you bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38
Read: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 (KJV)
1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Bible In One Year: Joshua 12-14, Luke 9:37-62
MESSAGE:
Being the son of a farmer, I grew up learning the principles of farming, and I have discovered that those same principles are very relevant to our own lives. In those days, I realised that the quantity of seed that you could sow was determined by the size of your farm and the proportion of the harvest you were willing to sacrifice. The reason some people were richer than others in my village was because they were willing to sacrifice large portions of their harvests for sowing, they also had bigger farms than others.
Today, the proportion of the money you are willing to sacrifice will determine how wealthy you will be in the future. As a teenager, this is the best time to start sowing into your future. Put some money aside for a skill acquisition course, sow into God’s work, open a bank account and save money there, sow into the lives of already successful people. Be more willing to sow than you are to eat, and you will see the great harvest that will come in the future.
Key Point: What you sow may leave your hand for a while, but it will return in many folds soon.
If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Teens Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye’’
Hymn 3:
1. There shall be showers of blessing
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing
Sent from the Savior above
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drop ’round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
2. There shall be showers of blessing
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.
3. There shall be showers of blessing
Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us a refreshing;
Come now and honour Thy Word.
4. There shall be showers of blessing
Oh that today they might fall,
now as to God we are confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!
Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.
