Furious Chapter 33 Devotional

Don’t Quit

Imagine growing up on an ancient Israeli farm. The long, dry winter months have reduced your family’s food stores to nearly nothing. Hunger gnaws. Then, finally, the rains fall. The fields flood. And your father says, “It’s time to sow.”

You follow him to the barn. He hoists down sacks of grain—grain you could grind into flour, bake into bread, and feed your family. But instead of making dough, he marches into the flooded fields and begins throwing handfuls of that precious grain into the water. Perfectly good food—gone.

At least, that’s how it looks to you. It feels like loss. Like waste. Like madness.

But your father knows something you don’t. Weeks later, the waters will recede. And one morning, you’ll step outside to find the fields alive with green—sprouts racing heavenward, waving like banners in the breeze. The very seeds sown in desperation will become a harvest overflowing with life.

That’s the picture behind Ecclesiastes 11:1 “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” And it’s the same principle Paul leans on in Galatians 6:9: “Don’t grow weary in doing good. In due season, you will reap—if you don’t give up.” This isn’t just true on ancient farms. It’s reflected in every area of our lives.

I remember deciding to get back in shape. I bought some exercise videos and jumped in. My six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter joined me. There we were, warming up together, stretching in the living room for what was supposed to be an intense workout.

We were maybe five minutes in—still somewhere between hamstring stretches and arm circles—when my son looked at me, wide-eyed and serious, and said, “Hey Dad, look at your elbows! You almost got muscles!”

We all laughed. He was completely sincere. But what he didn’t know was that five minutes of movement doesn’t erase years of over-eating and inactivity. And that’s how many people approach spiritual growth. We give. We pray. We start strong. And then, when nothing changes by Monday morning, we wonder if any of it matters.

One man came to me after church with this very frustration. He had tithed for the first time the previous Sunday—gave generously, emptied his wallet. But a week later, his situation hadn’t changed. “I tested God,” he said. “But nothing happened.” Like my son watching for muscle sprouts five minutes into our first workout, he expected overnight returns.

But sowing isn’t harvesting. The fruit you see today was planted long ago. And the seeds you plant now? They take time. They grow quietly, under the surface. They come up in “due season.”

Some seasons are for sowing. Others are for reaping. But both require patience—and perseverance. So don’t stop praying just because the answer hasn’t come. Don’t stop loving just because it’s hard. Don’t stop giving just because it still feels tight. Don’t stop being faithful just because no one sees. Keep sowing. At just the right time, you will reap a harvest—if you don’t give up.

🔥 Reflection

What “field” in your life have you been sowing into without seeing results? Have you been tempted to give up? What does it look like to trust the timing of the harvest?

🙏 Prayer

Father, thank You for the promise of harvest. Strengthen me to keep sowing, even when I’m tired or discouraged. Help me trust You with the timing, and not to give up before the fruit comes. Amen.

📣 Call-to-Action

This week, name one area where you’ve been sowing—prayer, parenting, generosity, forgiveness. Write it down. Then write these words beside it: Don’t quit. Keep sowing. The harvest is coming.