A leader is placed in a great position to sow many kinds of seeds in the lives of others.
He can sow the seed of money to the poor. He can sow the seed of favour. He can sow a seed of encouragement.
“Help” does not sound like a seed, but “help” can be sown! Helping somebody is a special seed.
Prayer, the Word of God and good deeds are also seeds that can be sown. Let us look at the seed called “help”!
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Ephesians 6:8
People who sowed special seed by helping
● Rahab sowed a seed of ‘help’ by helping the spies.
She reaped it when they later helped her to escape death.
You can sow the seed of “help” in your circumstances too!
No matter your circumstances, you can be of help to someone.
Try it today!
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
And the men answered her, our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business.
And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. Joshua 2:12-14
● Onesiphorus sowed a seed of ‘help’ when he helped Paul and reaped a harvest when Paul blessed him to receive mercy.
Paul saw Onesiphorus as one who helped him.
When help is tangible, it is very clear to the one receiving it. Paul was so touched by the help of Onesiphorus that he prayed a prayer of blessing for his helper.
May you reap a blessing because of the seed of ‘help’ you sow in others!
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain. 2 Timothy 1:16
● Joseph sowed a seed of ‘help’ when he helped the butler to interpret his dream and reaped a harvest when the butler recommended him to Pharaoh.
Never hold back when you can be of help to someone. It is a blessed seed that yields good fruit.
Joseph helped another prisoner and reaped an amazing blessing after two years.
And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. Genesis 41:12-14
● Abigail sowed a seed of ‘help’ when she helped a man of God and reaped a harvest when she got a husband soon after being widowed.
Abigail sent food to David. She was just being of help to someone in need.
She did not expect anything in return, but she was in for a surprise. It was a great blessing to David and his men in their time of need.
This seed would yield great dividends in the future.
She ‘reaped’ a husband when she became a widow.
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head.
And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. 1 Samuel 25:39
Without help, it would be very difficult to make it in life!
In life, you will need assistance at one point or another! In life, you will need forgiveness!
In life, you will need mercy!
In life, you will need a push! In life, you will need favour!
In life, you will need undeserved help at different junctions!
Some do not sow this seed of help, because people who receive help from you do not look like they could ever return the favour shown them.
However, you must expect your harvest from God and not from the person you helped.
The Bible says that, “whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord.”
The writer is the founder,
Lighthouse Group of churches.
E-mail:
