Cameroon Bible Institute

CHAPTER 7;
STRATEGIES FOR SPIRITUAL HARVEST:
PART II

Proper soil
is necessary for a good harvest:
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the Word,
and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an
hundred. (Mark 4:20)
When you harvest in the spirit world you must concentrate your efforts on good ground. You
must prepare the ground and sow the seed of the Word properly. Both are necessary if harvest is
to come (Hosea 10:12; Jeremiah 4:3).
According to the parable of the sower (Mark 4:3-20), if there is no harvest then the variable is the
ground. This is an important principle of harvest. Unresponsive ground should not be neglected.
Someone should sow, cultivate, and recognize when it is time to call in harvesters (Luke 13:6-9).
But this is not the place to concentrate the spiritual forces. Jesus never said there would be a lack
of sowers but a lack of harvesters. The spiritual labor forces should be concentrated where the
ground is responsive and yielding a harvest.
Timing is of great importance in harvest. Harvesters are not needed when the seed has just been
sown or when the crop is still green. But there is that brief, strategic moment in which the harvest
of the good soil is ripe. It is then that many harvesters are needed. If all the laborers are busy
with unresponsive spiritual fields and there are no harvesters available, then the opportunity is
lost forever.
Thank you