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Mark 4:26-29 confirms that reaping is our responsibility. Jesus said, “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.” I know you weren’t expecting it, but here’s a pop quiz on what you just read. And so you’ll pass with flying colors, I’m giving you the answers. 1. Who did the sowing? (Man) 2. Who did the growing? (God) 3. Who reaped the harvest? (Man) In the July 9 installment of Kenneth and Gloria Copeland’s daily devotional "From Faith to Faith," Brother Copeland writes, “Jesus compared the kingdom of God with the planting of seed and reaping the harvest. It’s a simple concept. One all of us understand. Why, then, aren’t all of us producing bumper crops every season? Because we are sitting around waiting for God to do all the work.” We Were Created To Reap Several years ago, Gloria Copeland and I spent two weeks on the "Believer’s Voice of Victory" broadcast teaching on the topic "How to Reap Your Harvest." During the taping, Gloria and I were discussing the fact that God created Adam to harvest. Genesis 2:15 says, “And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” That definitely included sowing and reaping. We read Genesis 8:22 and determined that sowing and reaping have not passed away. “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Then, Gloria said something I had never heard before. She declared, “We still have a ‘harvest gene.’ It’s in our DNA.” God created us to harvest. That is what THE BLESSING has empowered us to do. We still have what it takes to reap the harvest from every good seed we sow. Here is another example. Look at Matthew 6:26: “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” While meditating on this scripture, I asked The LORD why we were better than birds. Without hesitation, He answered. 'Because you were created to sow and reap and they weren’t.' Think of it! You and I were created by God to sow our seed, reap our harvest and gather it into barns. But, don’t ever forget our purpose for reaping: Our motivation for accumulation is distribution. How To Reap Your Harvest I once heard about a preacher who was struggling financially. Physically, he was well and strong. He experienced powerful demonstrations of the Spirit in his meetings, and his ministry was growing rapidly. The only area of trouble was in the financial realm. Even though he was a tither and a sower, he was not seeing the financial results he desired and needed. He decided to fast and pray. He sought The LORD to find out why he was having such financial difficulty. As a result of his time of separation, The LORD told him he had to receive his finances the same way he received his healing—by faith. In other words, He told him to “call in the harvest.” How do we do that? We call in the harvest with our words of faith. 16 : BVOV