There is a kind of hunger that is not of the stomach. It is a hunger of desire, of restlessness, of pressure. Sometimes, in trying to satisfy it, we consume what was never meant to be eaten. We eat our seed.
Not everything in your hand is for spending. Not every opportunity is for showing. Not every moment is for comfort. Some of it is seed, and seed is not meant to be devoured. It is meant to be sown.
There are three seeds I’ve been reflecting on lately: money, purpose, and time. Let’s walk through them one by one.
1. The Seed of Money: What You Do With Little Matters
You get a small breakthrough, a gift, a bonus. Just something extra. Before you pause, it is gone. Swallowed by impulse, need, or even generosity done without wisdom. A few weeks or months later, the confusion about why your barns are empty comes as a surprise, even to you who emptied them.
You are left asking yourself: what were you thinking when you walked into that shop to buy the latest game, weave, dress, or footwear? Why are you shocked you are broke? Even your shock is shocked.
It’s so bad that some people have mentally spent the next ten seeds they are only imagining will come their way. The money hasn’t even arrived, but it’s already been assigned to outings, aesthetics, or “treating myself.” No pause. No prayer. No plan.
Scripture says:
Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness (2 Corinthians 9:10)
Did you catch that?
He supplies seed to the sower, not the spender or wasteful. God is not careless with seed. If it is in your hand, it is because He trusts you to sow it well.
In fact, over time, I have come to realise that some inflows are not answers to my needs. They are God placing seed in my hand. He is not just trying to meet an immediate demand. He is inviting me to partner with Him for what is to come.
That small transfer, that unexpected gift, that alert you did not see coming is sometimes not harvest. It is God saying, “Here is your seed. What will you do with it?”
So when the money comes, especially when it is not quite enough for what I am trusting for, I rejoice, yes. But my rejoicing is paired with discernment. My first instinct is not just excitement. It is a pause. I ask, “Lord, is this bread or is this seed?” Because if it is seed, then I know it must be planted, not consumed.
In those moments, I remind myself, “I am better off releasing it to God and allowing Him to do what only He can do with a few fish and loaves. Multiply it.”
So when I receive money I did not plan for, whether I was expecting it or not, I do not spend it aimlessly. I sow it, but on purpose. I sow it into another person’s venture, ministry, or wherever God leads me, because I believe in principled sowing. I plant it not just with hope, but with expectation. I expect the harvest I know will come in double, triple, pressed down, shaken together and running over.
Finally, when you do sow, remember this: the harvest may not always come in the form or fashion you expect. Sometimes it will return in money, yes. But sometimes it will return as good health, peace in your home, divine connection or even an idea you could never have thought up on your own.
God is not limited to one method of multiplication. He is not a transactional Father. He is a purposeful one. You sow in faith. He answers in wisdom. You just sow, and let Him account it as He deems fit.
If at this moment in your life you are praying for financial breakthrough, or you have been for some time and yet all doors seem closed, maybe it is time ask yourself honestly:
Have I been eating every seed God gives?
Some money is for flexing or flenjoring, as our people would say. Yes. But some is for building.
Please ask the Holy Spirit to help you know the difference so that you will stop eating the seeds God gives you to plant and will start living with open hands to both sow and receive.
Remember, you donot sow after you have excess. You sow as an act of faith. Your obedience, whether in tithing, giving, saving or investing, speaks into your next season.
