What’s keeping you from claiming your rightful harvest? In these powerful messages, Dr. Jerry Savelle explains the Spiritual laws that govern the reaping of a harvest that has been reserved just for you. God never forgets your offerings and the seeds you sow. Start expecting extraordinary things to happen after you’ve planted your seed. Your harvest is just waiting to go to its rightful owner! Harvest time has come!
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JERRY: Hello, everyone.
Thank you for joining us today.
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Those of you that tuned in last
week, you know, we began a new
series entitled, “Calling in
Your Harvest.” We’re going to
continue that today and for the
next two weeks. So make your
plans to join us each and every
week as we get into this study
even deeper and deeper and
deeper, “Calling in Your
Harvest.” Now, the first thing I
want to remind you is that from
Genesis 1, God made it very
clear that his intention for man
in having his life sustained was
by the seeds that he sows. He
told Adam, immediately after
creating him, “Behold, I give
you every herb-bearing seed.”
And he said, “This seed is for
meat,” or for provision. So in
other words, God is telling
Adam, “Adam, here’s how you’re
going to have your life provided
for, from the seeds that you
sow.” So it was important that
Adam learned the law of seedtime
and harvest. And then later in
Genesis 8, God makes this
statement: That as long as the
earth remains, seedtime and
harvest shall not cease. So
notice, that was not only God’s
plan for Adam, it’s God’s plan
for us today. Is the earth still
here? Yes, it is. So God intends
for you and I to have our lives
sustained by the seeds that we
sow. Now, there’s not a lot of
people that understand this, not
even a lot of Christian people
that understand this. Now, you
know, like I said on last week’s
broadcast, when you talk about
seeds and reaping in life
outside of, you know, farming,
most people, the only time they
ever heard anything about it was
in a negative vein. I’ve heard
people say–I had it said to me
when I was growing up–“One of
these days, you’re going to reap
a harvest of all them wild oats
you’ve been sowing.” They always
talked about it in the negative.
No one ever told me, when I was
growing up, “Son, if you plant
positive seeds, it’ll produce
for you a positive harvest.” No
one ever told me that. It wasn’t
until I was 23 years old, way
back in 1969, and I discovered
it in the Word of God. Of
course, I didn’t discover it on
my own. One of the people who
helped me was Oral Roberts,
teaching on the law of seedtime
and harvest, teaching on seed
faith. I began to learn from him
and from Kenneth Copeland in
particular about the law of
seedtime and harvest. And I
began to apply it in my life,
and I’m telling you, even though
I didn’t see immediate results,
I did begin to see results
slowly but surely, and it led me
to believe, even stronger, that
I am in charge of my own destiny
by the seeds that I sow. And
that is true for you as well.
You are in charge of your own
destiny by the seeds that you
sow. Now, understand this, that
your thoughts are seeds, your
words are seeds, your actions
are seeds. And the Bible even
says, in II Corinthians 9,
as–in one place, it’s more than
just there, but in II
Corinthians 9, it even reveals
to us that the giving of our
finances–when we give to other
people, when we bless other
people, when we give to God,
when we support the kingdom of
God, when we support ministries
like this ministry, television
ministries, missions, when you
are giving of your finances, the
Bible compares that to sowing
seed. And it also says that we
can expect a harvest. Now, I
know a lot of people said,
“Well, you know, I just give,
but I never expected a harvest.”
Well, the Bible says you can.
The Bible says that you can. So
if the Bible says that you can,
then why not do it? Praise God.
Amen. So, listen to what II
Corinthians 9 says. Now, in
Verse 5, the apostle Paul says,
to the Corinthian church, that
he thought it was important that
he send some folks in there to
collect the offerings that they
wanted to sow into Paul’s
ministry in helping minister to
the saints. And then he tells
them this, in Verse 6, “But this
I say, He which soweth sparingly
shall reap also sparingly.” Now,
notice Paul is talking to us
about spiritual law, the law of
seedtime and harvest. Not only
that, but he says, “If you sow
in small amounts, then you will
receive harvest in small
amounts.” Just let that sink in
for a moment. That’s not rocket
science. I mean, you know, if
you only plant one tomato seed,
then your harvest is going to be
small. It’ll be a lot bigger
than that one seed, but it’s not
going to be a field full of
tomatoes if you only plant one
seed. So it’s the same with your
finances. If you sow small when
you’re capable of sowing larger,
then you’re going to expect a
harvest that is in proportion to
the amount that you sowed. Now
let me say this: If what you
have is small, but it’s the best
you have, then that’s
another–that’s another thing
altogether. If it’s the best you
have, now it becomes significant
seed. And in the eyes of God,
you are–you are to expect–you
have the right to expect a
significant harvest. Now, notice
once again, “He which sows
sparingly shall also reap
sparingly; and he which soweth
bountifully,” or sows in large
sums, sows out of the–the
richness of his heart and the
richness of his treasury, it
says that when he sows
bountifully, he can expect to
reap a bountiful harvest.
So–and notice, he lets you
determine it. You know,
somebody’ll say, “Well, I’m just
waiting on God to reveal to me
what I should give.” Well,
that’s wonderful, but you know,
you should grow up at some point
and be able to decide on your
own and say, “Now, Lord, your
Word says that if I sow
sparingly, I will reap
sparingly; your Word says if I
sow bountifully, I will reap
bountifully. I need a bountiful
harvest, so I’m going to sow the
best seed I’ve got. I’m going to
sow a bountiful seed and expect
a bountiful harvest.” Praise
God. And then it says, in Verse
7, “Every man according as he
purposes in his heart, so let
him give.” So once again, God
leaves it up to you. “As every
man purposes in his own heart,
so let him give.” You know,
there are times when–when I’ll
asked the Lord, “Lord, what do
you want me to give? What do you
want me to sow in this meeting
tonight, or in this ministry?”
or “How much do you want me to
give this brother?” And–and
he’ll reveal it to me. But there
are many times I just decide or
purpose in my own heart what I
want to do, and God backs that
as well. And so notice here it
says, “As you purpose in your
heart, so let him give.” And so
he’s telling us that giving is
like planting a seed. Now, this
is the way I operate personally.
This is the way our ministry
operates. You know, I’ve taught
my children that–that if you
don’t have all that you need,
then take what you have and
consider it a seed. That’s the
way we operate. That’s the way
we live. Both of my daughters
live that way. We’ve taught
them, we’ve showed them. God’s
honored it. Whenever I am
believing God for something and
I don’t have the amount to pay
for it, I don’t have that much
money in my account, then I take
either all that I have in that
account or I take a portion of
it, and I sow it toward the
harvest that I’m believing God
for. You see, every seed
produces after its own kind. If
you need money, then sow money.
If you need healing, sow
healing. “Well, how do I sow
healing, brother?” Go lay hands
on somebody that’s sick. The
Bible says, the believer shall
“lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover.” So you laying
hands on somebody else that is
in need of healing, that’s like
sowing a seed. If–if you
need–if you’re believing God
for a house, find somebody else
that’s believing God for a house
and sow into their house
project. Praise God. If you’re
believing God for a car, go find
somebody else that’s believing
for a car and sow seed and call
it “car seed,” praise God, and
expect a harvest from it. You
say, “I can really do that?”
Folks, I’m telling you, the
Bible encourages you to do it.
It’s the way I’ve lived for the
last 47 years, and God has never
let me down. I mean, everything
we have, everything this
ministry has, it’s all paid for.
We have no debt whatsoever. And
we did it by sowing seed for it.
In fact, every time that–that
I’m in need of a–a bigger,
larger airplane for this
ministry, I take the one I’m
flying, and I sow it into
another ministry where it meets
that ministry’s needs. And each
and every time I’ve done that,
God has blessed me with bigger
and better. Now, it didn’t
happen overnight. A lot of times
it didn’t happen in a week, a
lot of times it didn’t happen in
a year. But I’m here to tell
you, it did happen. Why? Because
I wouldn’t give up. Why
would–why did I make the choice
not to give up? Well, I’ll tell
you, from Galatians 6, we read
it on last week’s broadcast.
It’s worthy of reading again.
Listen in Verse–Verse 9, “And
let us not be weary in well
doing.” Now, if you back up and
read back through Verse 6 all
the way up through Verse 9, the
“Well doing” that he’s talking
about is sowing, giving. And he
says, “Let us not be weary in
well-doing, for in due season,
we shall reap if we faint not.”
Look at those last few words,
“if we faint not,” four little
words, but four powerful words.
You will reap if you faint not.
Why would Paul say that? Because
he knows human nature, that
people tend to give up when they
don’t see immediate results. The
farmer doesn’t give up in a
night. Just because he doesn’t
see a harvest the morning after
he planted his seed, he doesn’t
go out there and–and till up
all the seed. No. Why? Because
he knows you have to allow the
seed time to germinate. You have
to allow the seed time to grow
and then spring up. In fact, let
me read something to you from
James 5. In Verse 7, it says,
“Be patient therefore, brethren,
unto the coming of the Lord.
Behold the husbandman waiteth
for the precious fruit of the
earth, and hath long patience
for it, until he receive the
early and the latter rain.” The
Amplified Bible reads this way:
“So be patient, brethren…See
how the farmer waits expectantly
for the precious harvest from
the land.” Now, he’s talking
about the coming of the Lord,
that we are to wait patiently
for that. But there is a
principle here that he mentions
regarding seedtime and harvest,
and that is this: The farmer
waits patiently, and he also
“waits expectantly,” the
Amplified Bible says, “for the
precious harvest of the land.”
Now, can you say that’s what you
do? You know, if you’ve sowed a
seed into this ministry, if the
Lord impressed upon you, or you
just–you just believed that it
was the right thing to do, and
you sowed a seed into this
ministry, then the Bible says
you have a right to expect a
harvest. But, it’s important
that you be willing to wait, not
only wait, but wait expectantly.
You see, when you wait
expectantly, then you get up
every day with joy. You get up
every day with a smile on your
face. You get up every day
rejoicing, praise God. Why?
Because you know God’s Word will
not return unto him void. You
know that you’ve acted on the
Word of God. It said, “Let every
man purpose in his heart what he
would give.” You did that, and
now the Bible says that you are
to be just like this farmer and
wait expectantly for the
precious harvest of the land.
“Waiting expectantly” means that
you don’t give up. It means that
you don’t cave in, you don’t
faint, you don’t grow weary. If
you’re tempted to do so, you
cast that temptation down. You
break the power of it, and you
just say, “No, God promised me a
harvest, and I am waiting on my
harvest.” And, praise God, if
you’re willing to do that, then
God’ll see to it that your
harvest will come. Why? Because
it’s the law of Genesis. God
said that every seed produces
after its own kind. Genesis 8:22
once again, “While the earth
remaineth, seedtime and harvest
shall not cease.” If you plant
seed, then God says you have
every right to expect a harvest.
Even though we don’t always know
how God is going to produce that
harvest, we do know that he will
bring it about. Why? Because his
Word says so. It says, “If you
do not faint, you will reap in
due season.” “Well, brother, how
long does it take for due
season?” Well, I don’t know.
I’ve had some due seasons come
before dark. I’ve had some due
seasons come in a week or two
weeks. I’ve had some due seasons
take a year, even two years, or
even longer. But my
determination was, “Quit is not
an option. I’m not giving up. I
sowed this seed. God promised me
a harvest, and I’m not giving
up,” praise God. I’m going to be
like that farmer in James 5:7,
and I’m waiting expectantly for
it. Amen. So once again,
Galatians 6:9, “Let us not be
weary in well doing: for in due
season we shall reap, if we
faint not.” Get up every day
saying, “Today could be my due
season day.” If it doesn’t
happen that day, get up the next
day and say, “Today could be my
due season day.” If it doesn’t
happen that day, get up every
day, declaring, “Today could be
my due season day,” and don’t
stop doing that until due season
comes. That’s what you call
“waiting expectantly.” The
Amplified Bible says that “You
will reap if you do not relax
your courage.” So don’t–don’t
give up. Don’t give up on God’s
Word. Don’t give up on God.
Don’t cast away your faith. If
you sowed seed, then you have
every right to expect a harvest.
It takes courage to reap a
harvest. It takes the refusal to
fear to reap a harvest, praise
God. I’ve watched many over the
years give up because it looked
like it was taking too long. It
looked like it would never come
to pass. You know, I–I’ve
experienced that in the early
days of me learning these
things. I mean, I can remember
times when I was under such
pressure. I remember one time
I had sown, and I needed a
financial harvest for my
ministry just so I could pay the
bills. And I remember becoming
so desperate, I said to God one
day, “God, forget the
thirtyfold, forget the
sixtyfold, forget the
hundredfold. Just match me
dollar for dollar, and that’ll
help me big time.” Well, you
know, that was–that was the
words of a desperate man. I was
about to grow weary. And I think
the Lord got a–a big laugh out
of that. But he encouraged me
not to give up. And I didn’t
give up, and God came through.
Praise God. So, don’t–don’t
grow weary. Don’t give up on
your harvest. You know, there’s
a scripture–and we’ll talk
about it probably on next week’s
broadcast. But there is a
scripture in Psalm 20 that
actually says, “God never
forgets a seed sown.” He never
forgets a seed sown. So if he
doesn’t forget a seed sown,
don’t you give up on it. Praise
God. Now, in Verse 8 of James 5,
right after he told us to wait
expectantly, it also says,
“stablish your hearts.” In the
Amplified, it says, “Establish
your heart, strengthen and
confirm them in final
certainty.” “Strengthen and
establish your heart.” This
is–this is like the man in
Psalm 112. It says this man will
not be afraid. “His heart is
fixed,” his heart is
established, “trusting in the
Lord.” You see, when you
establish your heart, that means
that you have settled it once
and for all that the Word of God
is final authority, that if God
says a man will reap, a man will
harvest on the seed that he
sows, then as far as you’re
concerned, that’s final
authority. It doesn’t matter
what it looks like. It doesn’t
matter what anybody else says
about it, doesn’t matter what
anybody else thinks about it.
The Word of God is final
authority. So you become like
that man in Psalm 112 who has
established his heart. He has
determined that the only thing
that matters here is what does
the Word of God say. And he
refused to fear, he refuses to
give up, he refuses to quit.
Why? Because his heart is
established, trusting in the
Lord. And this man will see
results. And if you become like
that man, you will see results
too. That’s Psalm 112:7-8. Verse
9 even says about this man, “He
has dispersed, and he has
given.” Notice, this man in
Psalm 112, he’s a sower. He is a
giver. And he has given, he has
sown, and he has settled it in
his heart, “God’s Word says if I
sow, I shall reap.” And this man
does not give up until he sees
his harvest. So that’s how
you’ve got to become. Don’t give
up. If you’ve sown seed, don’t
give up. Make that decision. The
moment you sow that seed, you
sow it in joy, you sow it in
expectancy, and you say, out of
your mouth, “Praise God, God’s
Word says that if I sow I shall
reap, and I refuse to grow
weary, I refuse to faint, I
refuse to give up. I establish
my heart on the Word of God, and
I’m not going to fear, and I
believe I’ll see my harvest.”
Praise God. And you just watch
and see, God will not only honor
his Word, but he’ll honor your
faith in it. Praise God. So
start expecting your harvest.
That’s important. Start
expecting your harvest, and
don’t give up on it. The Word
the Lord has given me for 2016,
that it is the year of the great
breaking loose. And I believe
there are–there are harvests
that are about to break loose in
the body of Christ like we have
never experienced before. I’m
experiencing it myself. This
ministry’s experiencing it. And
I believe God wants you to
experience–I want you to get up
every day declaring, “This is
the year of the great breaking
loose, and my harvest is
breaking loose during the course
of this year.” Dare to believe
it, praise God, and keep saying
it out of your mouth, and don’t
give up until you see it happen.
Let me close it with this, some
things that I wrote down that
I’ve shared many, many times on
seedtime and harvest and calling
in your harvest; what to do
while you’re waiting on your
harvest, seven keys that I’ve
learned over the years of what
to do while you’re waiting for
your harvest. Number one,
demonstrate your confidence in
the seed’s ability to produce a
harvest by being enthusiastic
and excited. Let me say it
again. Demonstrate your
confidence in the seed’s ability
to produce a harvest by being
enthusiastic and by being
excited. Number two, clearly
define what your harvest is and
talk about it often. What did
you sow that seed for? Clearly
define it. If you sowed that
seed for a car, then clearly
define, “That seed was my car
seed,” and then talk about it
often. Number three, water your
seed by speaking the Word of God
over it. That’s how you water
your seed, by speaking the Word
of God over it. Number four,
keep the weeds off your seed.
Oh, that’s important. What are
weeds? Unforgiveness, strife,
bitterness, jealousy, all those
things that the Bible says we
don’t need in our lives. So keep
the weeds off your seed. If
you’ve sown seed and yet you’ve
got unforgiveness in your heart,
it could be that that
unforgiveness will become like a
weed, and it will suffocate your
seed. So keep the weeds off your
seed. Number five, continually
praise God for your harvest.
“Well, brother, as soon as it
comes, I will.” No, no, no.
Faith does it before it sees it.
Continually praise God for your
harvest even before it
manifests. Number six, never
give up on it. And number seven,
keep sowing toward your next
harvest. I mean, even though
you’ve sown, keep sowing toward
your next harvest. Your harvest
is determined by what you do
while you’re waiting for it. So
I want to encourage you to, if
you can, go on our website and
get these seven keys and–and
study them, and apply them, and
you’re going to see that your
harvest will come your way,
praise God, just like God’s Word
said it would. Praise God. I
hope you’ve enjoyed the lesson
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some closing remarks. (Music)
ANNOUNCER: There’s a time to sow
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govern the reaping of a harvest
that’s reserved just for you. In
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Your part in the manifestation
of your harvest, How the seeds
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How to know when your harvest is
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powerful they are, and I know
what they’re going to do for
your faith. Praise God. Thank
you, once again, partners, for
supporting the ministry. We love
you, we appreciate you, we pray
for you. In fact, this morning I
had all of my advisory board
together with me in the board
room, and we especially spent
some time praying for all of our
partners, believing God for your
financial prosperity, believing
God for promotions and raises,
believing God for favor like
you’ve never experienced before.
Thank you, partners, for
believing in us, and thank you
for supporting this ministry and
supporting its outreaches. Also,
those of you that are not
partners, please prayerfully
consider becoming a partner. I
tell you, when you link up with
this ministry, like so many of
our partners have told me, you
will begin to experience the
same grace, the same anointing,
the same increase that is on us.
You will begin to experience it.
So many of my partners have told
me this over the years, “Brother
Jerry, when I linked up with
your ministry, my income began
to increase.” One man tells me,
every time I see him, “Brother
Jerry, ever since I linked up
with your ministry, my income
has tripled.” Praise God. What
a great report. Well, that’s
Bible, because the apostle Paul
wrote to his partners in
Philippians 1, and said, because
of their connection with him,
that the grace that was on his
life and ministry, they became
partakers of it. You become
partakers of the same grace, the
same anointing, the same spirit
of increase, the same favor that
is on my life and on this
ministry. So consider becoming a
partner. If you’d like more
information about it, write to
us or log on to the website, and
it’ll tell you how you can
become a partner. Thank you for
watching the broadcast. We
encourage you to join with us
again next week as we continue
this study on “Calling in Your
Harvest.” This is–these are
important lessons. You need your
harvest. God needs for you to
receive your harvest because
there are big things that need
to be accomplished in these last
days, and God’s counting on you
being a part of it. Thank you
once again for joining with us.
We speak the blessing of God
over you, we speak the favor of
God over you. And next week,
we’ll continue this lesson on
“Calling in Your Harvest.” So
until then, remember, your faith
will overcome the world.
ANNOUNCER: Next week, Brother
Jerry continues his message,
“Calling in Your Harvest.”
JERRY: Let me ask you a
question. Are you a sower? Do
you sow seed? Are you someone
who supports ministries? Do you
support the work of the Lord?
Are you someone who sows into
other people, being a blessing
to them? If you’re a sower, then
you have every right to expect a
harvest. (Music)