“Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree. “Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once — and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills.  I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel: “They’ll rebuild their ruined cities. They’ll plant vineyards and drink good wine. They’ll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables. And I’ll plant them, plant them on their own land. They’ll never again be uprooted from the land I’ve given them.” God, your God, says so. (Amos 9:13-15 MSG)

Fortunately, I have physically been in a field to harvest maize. So I have a full understanding of what harvest means. My great grandma had a huge field where she planted maize, and I remember that when I was younger, we would go and help out during the time of planting and harvest. I witnessed when the oxen ploughed the field and we had to plant the maize. I saw every stage of sowing and reaping. If we had video cameras as they are readily available on phones now, I’m sure I would have recorded these experiences and you would have seen how enjoyable the whole experience was. Well, I like maize so I was excited about the eating part too. We would roast or boil it. But one thing my great grandma ensured was that we kept some maize aside which would be used as seeds for the next planting season.

Let me quickly point out that as you enjoy this season of harvest, remember to set aside some seeds for the next planting season. Don’t eat your seed with your harvest.

We are in the season of supernatural harvest as declared by the servant of God. My experience of harvest cannot be compared to the one we are going to experience this year and beyond. This one comes with supernatural increase and favour.

This also brings to mind the story of Ruth. When Ruth and Naomi got back to Bethlehem, it was the season of barley harvest. Everywhere you go, it will be the season of harvest in Jesus name.

The truth is that Ruth was not even qualified to be in the field because she didn’t plant any seed, but she decided to glean behind the reapers. She strategically positioned herself not only for harvest but for greatness (in the same field Boaz saw her). You are already planted in the family of God, so you are strategically positioned. Momentarily, it looked like things were slow for her as she gleaned from the leftovers. But in no time, God decided to restore all that she had lost and even promoted her. Ruth ended up doing better than gathering behind the reapers: she got married to the owner of the field and God placed her in the lineage of Christ.

In this season of harvest, nobody will be able to compete with you on any level if you understand that you have a covenant with the maker of the universe. Whilst others struggle to set up businesses, you already have been promised in His Word that He gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater. It means you already have supernatural speed. Just as Ruth was taken from the back of the field to the forefront, you will jump queues and break protocols as you reap where you did not sow.

It sounds so good that it almost feels like cheating, but that is how we operate in the realm of the supernatural. If God did it for Ruth, He can and will do it for you as well.

Happy new month!