Your Future Is in Your Seed
By Dr. Jesse Duplantis

All of my life I wanted to be tall. I wanted to be big, but it’s just not in the seed that my daddy sowed. His seed didn’t have “tall” in it at all. But, I guess I fared better than my old man. I’m about a head taller than him. I can eat soup on top of his white head!

Sometimes, I see my dad and think, “You could have done better.” I can see it in his eyes, “I tried, boy.” Not all that long ago, I heard on television that Tom Cruise has one of those machines that hang his body upside down. They could have been lying but it sounded good to me …a machine that helps you to grow.

Well, when Cathy asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I told her about it and she got me one. I’ve been hanging myself upside down, and all I’m getting is headaches! I ain’t growing at all. The thing is no good. It’s one more piece of equipment that looks good…and that’s all it does. It looks good. Meanwhile, the power of my daddy’s seed – me – is still short but going strong.

The Power of the Seed
There is great power in seed, not just physically, but spiritually and even in the financial area of life. I believe that our future is in our seed. I believe that our legacy is not determined merely by what we do in life, but it is determined by what we leave behind in life for others – spiritually, physically and financially. Every area is touched by the power of seed.

The greatest miracle God can give any individual is children – and it doesn’t matter if they’re short, tall, fat, skinny, ugly or pretty! They are little miracles. Within your children are your grandparents, your parents and you. And, when you go home to be with the Lord, they are a part of you that will still be on the earth. It’s powerful!

I’ve found that, in life, everything God seems to do starts with seed. He wants us to do something first, and then reap the benefits. In the financial area, many people have misunderstandings about sowing seed because so many leaders have been abusive in that area. But, the whole key to financial seed is that God is trying to get something to you … not take something from you.

The Bible says that God created this world to work by the laws of sowing and reaping. Genesis 8:22 says:

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

I’ve decided in my life that I’m going to live with this knowledge – that my future is in my seed. I’ve decided that I’m going to live by my giving – spiritually, physically and financially.

Parable of the Sower
Jesus’ parable of the sower in Mark 4:3-8 is familiar to many Christians, but there is always more that we can learn from this amazing passage. Read it with me now.

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred..

Do you want a future? Look at your seed. What are you giving? Where is it going and what’s it doing? Is the soil you’re sowing into rocky, thorny or is it good? The parable of the sower is Jesus’ teaching us about the importance of soil.

The sower did something – he made a decision to sow. This parable tells us that some of his seed wasn’t actually sown at all. Some of it fell by the wayside, some of it fell into stony and shallow ground, and some of it fell into a thicket of thorns. And, of course, some of it fell on good ground.

I want you to see that although this parable is dealing with fallen seed, each portion of seed did something different. Some of it was lost to the birds, some was lost to the sun and the dense earth of the thorns, but some of this fallen seed sprang up and increased. Some of it brought forth a harvest, just because of the nature of the soil it fell into while the sower was on his way to really plant.

So, what is fallen seed? Anything you didn’t really intend to sow! It’s what you didn’t intend or purpose to give. But, you did it anyway. There is risk when you sow like that. Those falling seeds stand a chance of it falling into a patch that just won’t produce. Then again, you also stand a chance of those seeds falling into good ground where the soil will make it spring forth thirty, sixty and a hundredfold!

Remember, sowing applies to every area of life – spiritually, physically and financially.

What Does It Mean?
When the disciples didn’t understand the parable of the sower, Jesus told them this in Mark 4:11-14:

And He said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
And He said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
The sower soweth the Word.

In other words, your future is in your seed. Get understanding about sowing and reaping because life is sowing. Life is giving and life is receiving. The parable of the sower holds the mystery of the kingdom of God, according to Jesus. He said that this mystery has been given to us so that we might know it … and sow it too.

The Christian life is about the Word – it’s about living by the Word, giving by the Word and receiving by the Word. Whatever is in the Word is what we are to believe and put our faith on. Sowing the Word is about telling others the truth of the scriptures; it’s about telling ourselves the truth of the scriptures and not letting the devil get us into doubt about it.

I love how Jesus put it, and this is my paraphrase, “Boys, if you don’t get this, you’re not gonna understand anything else!” You see, salvation is available because God sowed. Think about it:

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

How do you get saved? By understanding and accepting God’s Seed – Jesus Christ. The divine principle that God sowed His Son, Jesus Christ, and expected to harvest Christians is the foundation of Christian faith.

The reason Jesus came was so that you could gain access to God and to the many benefits of being His child. It’s up to you what you will do with that access. How much of God’s best do you want? How much do you want to give in life? Your future is in your seed.

Take Heed What You Hear
Do you want more faith in God? You won’t develop it by leaning on what you’ve heard; it comes by what you are “…hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17). Too many people are trying to develop their future on what they’ve already heard, but gaining faith is an everyday action of hearing. Look at Mark 4:24-25:

And He said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

Jesus warns us to be careful about what we hear – and this isn’t talking about what you audibly detect with your ears. Jesus is talking about what you understand and grasp with your heart. He’s talking about what measure, or portion, of that understanding you actually do something about.

There is deep revelation in the Word for you. But, it’s what you seek to understand and what you do with that revelation that matters, because that’s what you’re going to put your faith in. And, it’s faith that moves mountains in life.

When it comes to giving, it’s not enough to give without thought. If you have faith in the seed that you’re giving, you’re going to get better results. In Mark 4:24-25, Jesus says that if you have faith in what you hear in the Word, then more faith will be given to you.

The more of the Word you apply, the more you will get to apply. More will be given to you when you use more of what you’ve got right now. This applies to everything in the Word.

If you wonder if sowing and reaping can be applied to finances, I have one question for you: Is finance mentioned in the Word? Yes! So, if finances are in the Word and God says you can have something, you can believe for it. Stand on His Word concerning finances and blessing. Sow that Word into your own heart.