How to Reap Your Harvest
by Pastor George Pearsons
It was a word I was not expecting.
The date was Sept. 28, 1999, and Brother Keith Moore was our guest speaker at church. He stepped up to the podium and began to declare a word from the Lord for our congregation.
At first, I was stunned. Through Brother Keith, the Lord let us know He was blessed by our giving, but He was grieved and bothered that we weren’t reaping.
Ouch!
Through Brother Keith, the Lord informed us that some were disillusioned and aggravated with Him, and asking, “How much more can I give?”
But here was the clincher. The Lord said, 'You think you are waiting on Me. You think reaping is automatic. You think that once you put the money in, it’s all up to Me. That is ignorance and confusion. I challenge you to hear the word of the Lord and make up your mind and say, “I am not just a good giver. I am a good reaper. And I am going to get real good at reaping!'”
That night, I took His challenge seriously.
I determined that we were going to get “real good” at reaping.
The first thing I did was to order a teaching series by Brother Moore, titled "Rules of Reaping." I listened to those messages over and over. I took copious notes and looked up every scripture. Within one month, I taught a three-day seminar based on his messages.
From that moment on, my life and the life of our church began to change. This word revolutionized our thinking. Reaping our harvest was the missing link—a major key that unlocked the door to increase. Every time we received the offering, we would call in our harvest. We were determined to get real good at reaping.
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