These past few weeks have been a time of sowing seeds for me personally and for the ministry. Today, I was sitting at my desk pondering this and asking God why I was being led to sow so many different seeds recently. Usually, at least in my own life, when I go through a time of sowing seeds, it is always followed by a time of harvest, which makes perfect sense to me.
While asking God about this, I came across this previous writing – I believe it is the answer to my question, and I wanted to share it with you today.
Saturday night, I dreamed all night long. It was an odd night; I felt half-asleep yet alert all through the night. In this state of half in and half out, I continued to dream, the same dream, yet different, over and over. I dreamed of harvest time. In each dream, I visited a harvest field.
One dream was of a field overflowing with vegetables. Every vegetable I could imagine was there, but they were not normal-sized vegetables. They were massive. For instance, there were celery stalks that were over five feet tall. The person overseeing the field broke off a piece and handed it to me to try. The taste was amazing—fresh and perfectly harvested.
As I looked down the field in the first dream, I was astounded at the amount of harvest.
In this dream, I remarked that it was not yet time for harvest; it had come early. It was as if the seed had only been sown the week before, and the harvest suddenly came up. I woke up from this dream and fell back to sleep, yet I was still alert.
In the next dream, it was again a field of harvest.
Walking through the field, I saw things that are generally not viable plants for this area. There were vegetables of course. But there was much more! I continued through this field in amazement. Right before my eyes were all kinds of nuts growing. Walnuts were hanging on vines. (Yes, I know this is unusual). Pecans were hanging on vines. Every nut I could think of was growing in this harvest field. In the garden itself, not on trees.
I turned in another direction, and cotton plants were growing. It was the most unusual harvest field I had ever seen. Again, I woke up.
The next dream I had was a different kind of harvest. This was a building filled with everything you could imagine, including beautiful furniture. I walked through this huge building filled with beds, sofas, tables, appliances, dishes, and everything you would ever need in a house. It was filled to the brim. People were coming in and picking up what they wanted without paying for it. No matter how much they took, the supply didn’t diminish.
My final dream of the night, which lasted into the morning, culminated all the previous dreams. I stood looking at these fields, amazed at the size of the harvests and shocked at the diversity of the different things being harvested. It was incredible.
After praying and meditating on this dream, I want to bring out a few points.
First, the harvest came early. In the dreams, it seemed that the seed was planted and came up immediately. One morning, there was no harvest, but the next time I looked, it was filled with harvest.
In the Message Bible, Amos 9:13 says, 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.
Second, the harvest was massive. The celery was over five feet tall, and the grapes were huge. Everywhere I turned, the crop was greater in size than is even possible.
I was reminded of when the children of Israel spied out the land. We find this in Numbers 13:23, 27.
When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs. (Verse 23)
This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces. (Verse 27)
Third, the harvest was quite unusual.
Not only was it massive, but things were growing where they wouldn’t normally grow. Nuts were growing in the harvest fields. These should grow on trees. But wherever they were planted, they produced fruit. Cotton was growing alongside the vegetables and nuts. It was incredible to see a harvest field that met every need. Not only food but clothing as well.
Fourth, in the final dream, every need was met beyond food. Whatever people needed in their homes, offices, and churches was readily available. All they had to do was take it. And it wasn’t junk; it was the best of the best.
Finally, I feel the Lord showed me the fifth thing in this dream. Each harvest field I visited was the property of those I personally know who have made a lifestyle of planting seeds each year.
They plant seeds regardless of the weather. If they have a failed crop one year, it doesn’t deter them from planting the following year. They are farmers. They are sowers, and they depend on their sowing for their harvest.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 says, He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
God reminded me of this awesome series of dreams in response to my question about the seeds I have felt led to sow recently—it is so exciting!
This harvest is coming early. Perhaps it is here! This harvest is massive and unusual. It is going to reap a more significant supply than you could imagine! It is an extraordinary harvest. It will produce things in this season that you thought could never happen. This harvest is going to meet every need in abundance. Every single need.
Perhaps you, like me, have been in a season of sowing. If so, it may be time to behold the abundance of harvest you already know is available to you. Perhaps, just maybe, it’s time for harvest.
