THE WORD ,SEED TIME AND HARVEST

"In the beginning was the Word (sperma,seed), and the Word(sperma,seed) was with God, and the Word(sperma,seed) was God;The same was in the beginning with God.All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.In him was life, and the life was the light of men."   John 1:1-5 .Douay-Rheims Bible

A true revelation of the LORD'S Word , and belief that the Scriptures are a revelation of the LORD'S will and ways are the two most important foundation elements in a Christian's life. Our faith in the inspiration of Scriptures is the primary target of the lies of Satan that we will face in our Christain walk. If our faith in the LORD, using Scriptures as his primary means of revelation to us by His Spirit is shattered in our thinking, then Satan has won the biggest battle in our lives.We can not move forward without it.
The Word of the LORD often refers to itself as a seed. There are a total of forty-four verses in the New Testament where the Greek word sperma was translated "seed." This is the same word from which we derive our English word "sperm."

In Mark 4, the Lord taught three parables that illustrate that the Word is to the kingdom of God what a natural seed is to a harvest. The first of these parables, the story of the sower, is the key to unlocking all the others (Mark 4:13). If we don't understand these truths, Jesus said, we won't understand any of His other parables.

The Lord used the comparison of His Word to a law of nature, which is unchangeable, it is not  a man made institution.This law of nature is the Law of Seed time and harvest, and it can not be changed.
In order to conceive and give birth,to any need you have, whether it's for a miracle you need in your body or for the vision the LORD has given you, you must first plant the LORD'S Word like a seed in your soul. Conception, which eventually produces the fruit, cannot take place without first planting a seed.The law of seed-time and harvest cannot be violated. This is why our LORD chose to compare the way His Word works to a seed. The germination process of the Word of the LORD  in our life takes time and can't be avoided.
A woman once she has conceived, the sperm unites with her egg, it will take 9 full months of gestation in the womb alone! After giving birth it then takes 18 +or- years for the baby to grow and mature! So just remember the Law of seedtime, there is a period of time from beginning to maturity before we can ever harvest the fruit of our labors of faith.
In the second parable of Mark 4, 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" (Mark 4:26-29).

This seed which is planted, is the Word of the LORD (Mark 4:14), and the ground is our souls, our minds our hearts (Mark 4:15). Our souls were created by the LORD to bring forth fruit when His Word His Seed/Sperma is planted in them. Just as a seed has to remain in the ground over time to germinate, so the Word of the LORD has to abide and remain  in us.
Jesus said in John 15:7,

"If ye abide in me, and my words(seeds) abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

Lets say we planted a seed in  our garden and then every day we would dig it up to see if anything was sprouted? Doing that every day would kill the seed and never produce fruit. To be a successful gardner we have to have faith that the seed (word/promises of God)is doing what the LORD created it to do.

Many of us are guilty of sowing  the LORD'S Word(seed)in the garden of our minds our souls , but if we don't see fruit almost immediately, we dig up the seed through our words and actions and then we wonder why it didn't work, we lose what little faith we had, we say to ourselves 'that all this faith stuff is nonsense and lies.' But in most cases if not all  cases it is our fault, because we are not informed as to how the process of seed time and harvest works. It must be left in the ground over time. Then, there are also different stages of growth.

Mark 4:28 says,

"First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear."

Many of us  are very impatient, wanting to bypass the natural growth cycle and get the full ear right now.We live in a world where patience is not a virtue.
 The laws of Nature mirrors the Laws of Spirit and so the term 'as above so below, so below as above' is Truth. Just as the farmer plants in the growing season we must also. A farmer does not sow seeds in the winter but waits until Spring. In the time of Winter we must as the farmer gather up the seeds and make plans and then when the weather breaks plant our seeds. During the winter we must gather up the Word of God, we must study and chew on the word until our soil of our minds and souls are ready and prepared to receive the word of life in our Souls. We must renew our minds daily to have the mind of Christ in all of our lives, and that takes study, meditation, contemplation, it means we must carve out the time in our busy schedules to till our soil, apply nutrients to our soil so that when the time is right the word and seed of God will take root. Listen, many of us are believing the LORD for the first time, and have not prepared our soil, so what ever we think we have planted in our souls  is  not going to happen, not because the seed wasn't good, but because we are expecting a complete ear of corn immediately and that is not the Law of Spirit or Nature .Because we have never believed God for any thing before. There has to be "first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear."We need to start small and work up in the process. As we find promises of God that the Spirit opens our eyes and ears to, and begin to believe for them, and in due time receive what we pray, then the bigger things will not be a problem to believe for.
 
The LORD'S kingdom operates on laws, like the laws that govern the fruit-bearing process of a seed. God will not give us the full ear of corn if we haven't seen the first blade. That's the way God's kingdom works.This is precisely the reason most people don't see God's best come to pass in their lives. They have what is called The lottery faith. They think that since the LORD loves them, He will just grant their request regardless of whether they put the miracle of the seed to work or not.
This law of seed-time and harvest operates in every area of our lives. If we will plant God's Word in our hearts, then we must allow time for  the seed to germinate and the plant to grow to maturity, we will then be able to reap the fruit of our harvest. That is God's best!
I cannot tell you strongly enough how important it is that you know and believe God's Word and that you plant the seed of His Word in your heart and mind with meditation and prayer, long before you need the fruit of the harvest. It takes time for it to germinate, but with continued study, prayer, standing in faith, the word will sprout and bloom and bear much fruit but only in its season.It could mean the difference between prosperity and poverty, or even life and death. Faith only works when the known will of God is known, and that takes, prayer, study, and time spent in communion with our LORD.
May you reap a harvest of the fruit of the Spirit in your life.
Shalom