Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
5 He that gathereth in
summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that
causeth shame. Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 5;
Go to the ant, thou
sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or
ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the
harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of
thy sleep? 10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy
want as an armed man. Proverbs Chapter 6 verses 6 to 11.
To waste anything is to allow the thing rot, be destroyed
without being of benefit to anyone. That explains why it is said that waste
depletes resources. It takes away from what should have been used to bless
humanity thereby reducing what is left. Waste depletes resources while saving
up resources multiplies and compounds resources as well as establishes the
land, individuals and families.
One way of wasting resources is to sleep through harvest.
Ironically, harvest time is not only when crops are harvested and brought in or
when your investments mature. About every day and every time is harvest time
because seeds sown at diverse times yield their harvests at diverse times.
Cereals, tubers, cash crops, fruits and what have you are harvested differently
at diverse times.
A person, family, communities, institutions and nations who
sleep through harvests unconsciously allow the harvests to waste. This is
because animal predators will eat the harvests and because animal predators
just eat in an unorganized manner, a good number of the harvest is destroyed in
the process, falls to the ground, is trampled upon, rots, thereby resulting in
waste.
A foolish child sleeps through harvests. Do not sleep
through harvests because harvest times is the time to eat the fruit of your
labor. What works against harvest?
Wandering off just when the harvest is ready for harvesting
is a satanic ploy of sleeping through harvests. That way, you lose out on your
harvest.
Some of the things which cause wandering include ignorance,
fear, insecurity, uncertainty, etc. ignorance should be replaced with
knowledge, understanding and wisdom while fear should be replaced with faith in
the word of God. Insecurity and uncertainty should also be replaced with the
truth of the word of God and absolute dependence on God for protection,
security and guidance because God is faithful and He will always guide us in
His truth and love.
Faith in the word of God comes through hearing the word of
God on a daily basis – listening to the word, reading and studying the word,
meditating on the word. As you are rooted in the word of God and you daily
prophesy the word of God into your life and whatever circumstances assail you;
wandering comes to an end. Why? The word of God which you know and understand
and apply to the situations and circumstances which hitherto made you wander
will bring about positive transformation and uncommon miracles to your life in
the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
The agents of the devil working against your harvests
through deliberate and wilful destruction of your harvests as in the case of
Midianites against Israel in Judges Chapters 6 and 7 will no longer succeed in
the mighty name of Jesus Christ. When the altar of God was restored by Gideon,
bountiful harvests filled the land and there was abundance. Impoverishment,
penury and poverty were destroyed completely from the land. Please read Isaiah
Chapter 62 verses 6 to 9 and Ezekiel Chapter 34 verses 24 to 36. So shall it be
unto you because you have made Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior thereby giving
you an altar of righteousness and holiness before God; made possible by the
blood of Jesus Christ.
From now on, God will give you secure harvests in the mighty
name of Jesus Christ – Genesis Chapter 8 verse 22, Zechariah Chapter 8 verse
12, Ezekiel Chapter 34 verses 24 to 31, Isaiah Chapter 62 verses 6 to 9.
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