secrets behind SOWING: revealed!

I Sam. 30

That has been our text since the year started. At Dominion Faith World Outreach (that would be my church), our theme this year is that we will "... Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them , and shalt without fail recover all" (vs. 8 of the text)

Today being the last Sunday, Pastor finished teaching the whole chapter; we treated from vv 26-31, and seriously, I just had to share. I should probably summarise the whole chapter... right? K, here we go...

David and his men had gone out of Ziklag (their current resident city) to some place, possibly to do things great men in the Bible do, like fight at war etc. By the time they got back, the Amalekites had raided Ziklag, burned it to the ground and taken the wives and kids; bad bad thing to do! The men's heart were broken! They wept! Dudes these days hardly cry; they should see examples in David and his men - it's okay to break down and weep once in a while!

Back to the story, David consulted his priest and asked if he should pursue the Amalekites, of course God gave him the go-ahead to pursue, cos he'd overtake and without fail recover all! And that was exactly what happened!

Today's point: SPOILS

SPOILS in this particular verse (and usually generally in the Bible) refers to plunder or goods that were taken!

After David overtook, he recovered all his possessions, his 2 wives - Jezreelitess (I like that name) and Ahinoam, his kids and those of his men; he slayed all the cruel Amalekites that raided Ziklag AND he still got to take spoils! These were goods, and things of the Amalekites. Talk about being several folds richer overnight!

Now, David was not a stingy man. Out of the spoils, he sent gifts to the elders in 14 cities WHERE HE KNEW HE WAS STILL GOING TO PASS THROUGH! He sowed into those cities.

My Pastor said there are 3 levels of Sowing:

1. You can sow back to where you're coming from
2. You can sow into where you are
3. You can also sow to where you are going, which happens to be the most important type of sowing. Why? David sowed into those cities because he knew he was still going to pass through them on the way to wherever he was going to; and his seed worked for him. All those that didn't want him to get into Judah (one of the cities he sent gifts of his spoils to) died. The seed cleared the obstacle.

So, we come to the big questions:

1. DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE KIND OF FUTURE YOU WANT?
2. ARE YOU SOWING INTO YOUR FUTURE?

Is there a marriage you really envy, and wish to have that kinda bliss when you eventually get married, then sow into that marriage! Buy their kid a gift or something, or a household tool. Did your friend just buy a car that you've always dreamt of having? Rejoice with him, and give him money to fuel his car. That way you're telling God you deserve that car too, and better! Is there an office/position you also want to see yourself in not far from today? Sow into that position. I'm sure you get the drift by now...

- The seed of a man makes room for him and brings him before great men.
- Wherever you want to go tomorrow, put a seed there today.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PRAY IT, SEED IT!

That's it! I just sowed a seed into your life with this blog; and all times may fail, but seed and harvest time never fails, I'm expecting my spoils soon *wink*