But there is one more stage that you need to follow through otherwise your harvest is going to be so beautiful. Everyone will come and look at it and admire it, but it will never be yours.

Know When to Reap

When the harvest is ready you must reap it immediately.

Well you need to know when it is time to reap. If you reap prematurely you are not going to get the full harvest. So know when it is time to reap. And when it is time, reap it right away because if you leave it, it will go rotten.

You say, "We had beautiful red tomatoes. I just left them for another couple of weeks, but now they have a whole lot of rotten spots on them."

You grab those tomatoes in your hands and it turns to mush. Your fingers go right through them and you say,

You say, "Oh no, my tomatoes have gone rotten!"

You should have reaped them two weeks ago while they were nice and fresh.

You say, "But I didn't want to rush it, because you said we must grow the harvest and we mustn't rush it. We must give it time to mature."

Yes I did say that, but there is a time to reap. The Scripture says that there is a time to sow and a time to reap. And when there is a time to reap then you must do it. You must act now, because action is what will finally bring that thing into your possession.

Let it Lie

As you reap your harvest, you now finally have what you desired from the Lord. Perhaps you now think,

"I should go and plant a whole lot more seeds in the soil right now."

No don't do that yet. Let the soil rest for a bit. Don't replant right away. You may have reaped your fruit but there are some old plants there. Dig them into the ground and let them rot a bit.

Let them become compost. Allow them to re-fertilize the soil and make it ready for the next planting. Then you can use that same soil again.

Maybe this time you want to plant a different seed. There are many different things that you can harvest. There are many different seeds that you can plant in that same soil over and over again.

You won't have to go through the first stages anymore now because the soil is already prepared. The ground is already broken. All you are adding is the final bit of fertilizer.

Bigger Growth

You have already cleared all the weeds and taken out the stones. You have awesome soil that you can use again and again. And if you have had the faith and the ability to follow through and believe God for something big, maybe you are now ready to ask Him for something bigger.

Maybe you are planting bigger plants, a bigger tree or something more magnificent. You will find it is very easy when you exercise your faith this way. You have learned the principles and you've proved them. Now you will find you can grow.

Before now you may have believed God for a small amount of income. Now you can believe Him for larger amounts of income. Up until now you may have believed God to use you in a bit of ministry. Now you believe Him to lift you up into a higher ministry office and use you more powerfully.

Repeat the Cycle

Use the same principles over and over again. Once you have prepared your soil, just give it time to repair again. Then move to the next stage and keep sowing and planting. You can keep doing this if you follow through these seven stages.

1. Develop your core desire

2. Know your rights

3. Prepare the ground

4. Sow the seeds and water them

5. Deal with the opposition from the enemy

6. Leave your harvest to grow in the sunshine

7. Then reap your harvest and start again

You can repeat these principles for all of the core desires that you have. Maybe the first one has been fulfilled, so now you can do the second and the third one.

Allow a different time for different seeds. If you are planting radishes they mature very quickly. If you are planting onions it takes a lot longer before they are ready.

It depends on what you are wanting. Don't expect the same results from a different seed.

What happens if you planted your seed and you failed? What happens if you let the enemy destroy your plants? Are you going to throw up your hands in despair?

No, plough your failure back into the ground and let it become the fertilizer that you can use again to plant new seed and reap a harvest. All you have to do is to keep going until you succeed.

It doesn't matter whether your desire is temporal, spiritual, mental or whatever it is, you can apply these seven principles again and again.

In future teachings I will be sharing, how you can apply them specifically to various different desires. I believe that you can reap the harvest, and you can harvest every desire that you have from the Lord.

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