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Day 3: Sowing Beyond the Season

There's a profound difference between sowing for an immediate harvest and sowing for ongoing provision.

Most income strategies focus on immediate returns – you work today, you get paid today or this week/month. But Scripture consistently points to a wisdom that looks beyond the immediate season.

The ant's financial wisdom

The ant in Proverbs 6 isn't just working hard. It's specifically working to store provisions beyond the current season.

This small creature inherently understands something many of us miss: true financial wisdom isn't just about meeting today's needs but about creating systems that provide even when you're not actively working.

This principle appears throughout Scripture:

• Joseph stored grain during seven good years to prepare for seven years of famine
• The Proverbs 31 woman "considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard"
• Jesus spoke of the sower who scatters seed that yields "thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times what was sown"

From trading time to sowing seeds

The Assets × Yield income formula reflects this biblical wisdom:

• With traditional income: 10 hours of work = 10 hours of pay
• With asset-based income: 10 hours building an asset = potentially years of returns

The work doesn't disappear. It just disconnects from the immediate payoff, creating the kind of multiplication we see throughout Scripture.

A moment of reflection

Take some time to consider:

1. In what areas of your financial life are you currently focused only on immediate returns?
2. What "fields" might God be calling you to consider that could produce ongoing fruit?
3. What small portion of your current resources could you redirect toward building longer-term provision?

A prayer for multiplication

Lord, give me the wisdom of the ant to see beyond my immediate needs. Help me to be diligent in creating provision not just for today, but for seasons to come. Show me opportunities to sow seeds that will continue to bear fruit, that I might be a better steward of the resources You've entrusted to me. Grant me patience in the planting and wisdom in the harvest.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.