(Gen. 26: 1 – 14)
A seed is a flowering plant’s unit of reproduction. A seed can also refer to the offspring, progeny or descendants of a person. It can also refer to a financial sacrifice, or the labor of our hands, or our time. Anything we give away to others or to God is a seed. A seed has many characteristics. In the natural, there are certain conditions for growth of a seed. I. It must be viable, that is, capable of developing into another such plant. II. It requires a good soil to grow. III. It requires water. III. It requires moisture. IV. It requires the right temperature. In the spiritual realm, our seeds of greatness must have the right conditions to grow. In Matt. 13, Jesus told the parable of the sower. Only the seed that fell on fertile ground produced an increase.
Examples of Seeds of Greatness: In Gen. 4, God called Cain and Abel to offer a sacrifice, Abel sowed good seed but Cain did not. God accepted Abel’s offering but rejected Cain. In Gen. 22, God called Abraham to go and sow special type of seed, his only son Isaac. Out of obedience for God, Abraham took his son and prepared to offer him up as a sacrifice. Because of Abraham’s obedience, we are still partakers of divine blessing today. In Gen. 26, God instructed Isaac to sow in the land at a time of famine and Isaac obeyed without complaining. Isaac sowed in obedience and God made him very great in the land to the point that his enemies envied him. When God instructed Moses to build the Tabernacle in the wilderness, the people gave towards the building of the tabernacle so much that giving had to be stopped (Exodus 36:1-7). In I Chr. 21:24, David offered a sacrifice to God that cost him 600 shekels of Gold. In I Kings 3:4, Solomon offered a thousand burnt sacrifice to God. In Luke 21:1-4, Jesus talked about the widow’s two mites as seeds of greatness. In Matthew 25: 31-46, Jesus talked about the parable of the sheep and the goat. When we give to those in need, we are sowing the seeds of greatness. Dorcas gave of her service (Acts 9:39) and we are told in Acts 20:35 that it is more blessed to give than to receive. The death of Jesus on the cross of Calvary and His burial in the grave is a seed that was sown in order to reap a mighty harvest of souls. “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures”: (1 Cor. 15: 3 – 4). As we sow our seeds of greatness, we should remember that seed time and harvest shall never cease upon the earth. Our seeds of greatness will propel us into unexplainable greatness.