“Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.” John 4.37-38
I get these verses because I have BTDT—been there, done that.
For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor.
Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
When we moved into Porvenir, it was ripe and ready.
The area had first been settled, decades earlier, by Molokan Russians—a pacifist, Protestant group fleeing czarist persecution in their homeland. I believe their practices and their prayers over the decades gave birth to what took place shortly after Marcos’ and Veronica’s arrival into this community in 1981.
We saw such an abundant move of God amongst the teens, in particular. We have often said that we felt like we were but sitting in the bleachers watching all the action that God was bringing to pass, down on the playing field.
We reaped what others sowed. Others labored; we just happened to move into the right place at the right time.
Seek God and trust Him to lead you in your work for Him. You might have a season of sowing. You might have a season of reaping. Both are needed.