Sower & Reaper

John 4:34-38

(34) “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. (35) Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest”?

• How often do we make excuses? I couldn't pay attention in class anymore because of the lighting, the professor didn’t explain the concepts clearly enough, I was too tired, hungry, and sleepy? I did it all the time and I gave in to satisfy my body or to justify my action. I’m hungry; I’ll eat first, and do the work later. I’m sleepy; I’ll take a nap and study later.


• It was very close to the test day that my mind would get alert enough to focus on the work. Well, imagine that we have this motivation/drive every minute every hour by letting God’s Will be our food and hungering for Him to feed our minds with strength.

I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. (36) Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

• Don’t you see that resources are all provided to you if only you are willing to open your eyes? Yet you are too busy looking and searching elsewhere for what has already been there. Do you go search for your glasses and then you realized that they’re right on top of your head? These are constant battles in my head as I critique myself.

(37) Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. (38) Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

• All our professors have done the hard work. They gathered all materials, have been through the experiences so that you don’t have to go through them. All you have to do is accept this gift. Reap the benefits of knowledge and previous experiences rather than having to sow them yourselves.


• When you sow/evangelize the Gospel into the hearts of others, don't worry yourself too much about the reaping. “You just do the work and leave the rest to God.” This I often heard people say but today was when I received more clarification. You sow and the Lord will breathe the growth and the experience onto the individual so that they may see.


• I am in witness that many of my Christian friends have planted the seed in me. A lot of times I don’t fully grasp the concept but one day God allow me to reap and I was able to understand what my friends were trying to show me, about the Holy Spirit, about my Creator, about my Savior, and about the joy of being closer and closer to Him.

Dear Father,
I thank you those who have sow Your words into me. Thank you for Your guidance, patience, nurture, and Your breath of life. May Your will be done through me. I pray for competency when sowing Your words into others. I pray that you open my eyes to the reaping that are intended for me so that I may transform into my fullest being according to Your plan. Forgive my foolishness as I encounter my decisions. Prompt me with righteous prayers so that I may be closer to Your image, healed & whole, and ready to be returned to You. To glorify You, I pray. Amen.