Every harvest begins with a seed. From the opening
pages of Genesis to the teachings of Jesus and
the writings of the apostles, the Bible reveals
one of God's most consistent and most powerful
principles, the principle of the seed. Faith
begins as a seed. Character begins as a seed.
Revival begins as a seed. Leadership begins as
a seed. Marriage begins as a seed. Purpose begins
as a seed. Legacy begins as a seed, and so does
destruction. Every thought we entertain, every
word we speak, every decision we make, every
relationship we build, and every generation we
influence is shaped by the seeds that are planted,
cultivated, and eventually harvested. In the
theology of seeds, I explore this timeless biblical
principle through practical teaching, powerful
storytelling, and scripture -centered conversations
that reveal how both God and the enemy understand
the power of a seed. Whether you are learning
to guard your heart, strengthen your family,
lead with integrity, overcome destructive patterns,
or build a lasting legacy, every conversation
points back to one unchanging truth. Tomorrow's
harvest is already hidden in today's seed. Because
everything God desires to grow tomorrow, he begins
planting. today. Welcome to Pomoja Podcast, a
ministry of Pomoja Life of Christ International
Ministries, where we build stronger lives, deeper
faith, and Christ -centered homes, one story,
one message, and one revelation at a time. I'm
Barry Mwamba. Let's dive in. Have you ever noticed
that when most people think about the Christian
life, they immediately think about what they
should stop doing? Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't
hate, don't lust, don't become bitter. And while
all of those warnings are true, they were never
meant to define the Christian life. God didn't
simply save us to stop planting weeds. He saved
us to cultivate a different garden. Because removing
weeds is only half of the work. If you remove
every weed from a garden and never plant anything,
the weeds will eventually return. Nature hates
emptiness, and so does our spiritual life. God
never intended your heart to remain empty. He
created it to become fertile ground where his
spirit could continually plant what produces
life. So today, I don't want to spend our time
talking about the seeds the enemy wants to plant.
I want us to discover the seeds that heaven is
looking for because God's greatest work has never
been accomplished through accidents. It has always
begun with someone willing to plant what heaven
could bless. One of the things that has fascinated
me the most about the Bible is that God never
does anything by accident. Everything He creates,
everything He builds, everything He establishes
follows a pattern. And one of the very first
patterns He established was the principle of
the seed. Think about that for a moment. Before
there were kings, before there were prophets,
Before there was Israel, before there was even
sin, God had already established a law that would
never change. Every seed would reproduce after
its own kind. An apple seed will never become
an orange tree. A grape seed will never produce
figs. The harvest always reveals the seed that
was planted. Now here's what amazes me. God didn't
establish that principle only for agriculture.
He established it for life, for families. for
character, for relationships, for leadership,
for his kingdom. In other words, the way a garden
grows is also the way a life grows. That's why
thousands of years later, the apostle Paul writes
these remarkable words, Do not be deceived. God
is not mocked. Whatever a man sows that he will
also reap. Paul wasn't introducing a new doctrine.
He was reminding us that the same principle God
established in Genesis still governs our lives
today. And if that's true, then every one of
us is planting something every single day, whether
we realize it or not. Every conversation, plant
something. Every decision, plant something. Every
habit, plant something. Every friendship, plant
something. Every sacrifice, plant something.
Every act of obedience, plant something. Even
every compromise, plant something. Nothing. is
ever truly wasted. Everything becomes a seed.
I think this is where many of us misunderstand
life. We expect our future to change because
of one great opportunity, one big breakthrough,
one defining moment. But when I read the scriptures,
that's rarely how God works. God usually changes
a person's future the same way he changes a forest.
One seed at a time. One decision at a time. one
prayer at a time, one act of obedience at a time.
Think about the farmer. The day he plants, nothing
seems different. The field still looks empty.
There is no applause, no visible harvest. Nothing
exciting appears to have happened. But underground,
where nobody is looking, life has already begun.
And isn't that how God often works in us? He
starts where nobody can see. Before he changes
our circumstances, He changes our hearts. Before
He changes our ministry, He changes our character.
Before He changes our influence, He changes our
obedience. God always works, from the inside
out. Maybe that's why we become discouraged so
easily. We want fruit while God is still planting
seeds. We pray for the harvest while God is preparing
the soil. We ask Him to change our situation
while He is quietly changing us. Don't become
discouraged. because you can't yet see the harvest.
The seed doesn't stop growing simply because
it is still underground. In fact, some of God's
greatest work happens where nobody can see it.
And when I began to notice this pattern throughout
the scriptures, I realized something that completely
changed the way I read the Bible. God has never
changed history by beginning with circumstances.
He always begins by planting something inside
a person. Let's look at what God has been planting
from generation to generation. When I started
reading the Bible through this lens, I noticed
something I had never really seen before. God
almost never begins by changing a situation.
He begins by planting something inside a person
long before anyone else can see it. Take Abraham,
for example. When God first called Abraham, There
was nothing extraordinary about his circumstances.
He wasn't the father of a great nation. He wasn't
surrounded by descendants. He wasn't even holding
the child God had promised him. All he had was
a promise. That's all. One promise. One word
from God. One seed planted in the heart of an
old man. Years passed. Nothing seemed to happen.
The promise looked impossible. But while Abraham
was waiting, the seed was growing. Because God's
promises don't stop growing simply because we
can't yet see the harvest. Eventually, that one
promise became Isaac. Isaac became a family.
The family became a nation. And today, billions
of people still know Abraham as the father of
faith. It all began with one seed. Then I think
about Joseph. God didn't begin Joseph's story
with a palace. He began it with a dream. Can
you imagine being a young man carrying a dream
that nobody else understood? In fact, the very
dream God planted became the reason Joseph was
hated. His brothers rejected him. They threw
him into a pit, sold him as a slave. He was falsely
accused, forgotten in prison. If you had looked
at Joseph's life in that moment, you might have
concluded that the dream had failed. But here's
what I love about God. God wasn't protecting
Joseph's comfort. He was protecting the seed
he had planted. People saw a pit. God saw preservation.
People saw a prisoner. God saw a governor. People
saw one forgotten young man. God saw an entire
generation that would one day be saved. Years
later, Joseph looked at the same brothers who
betrayed him and said, You intended to harm me,
but God intended it for good, to accomplish what
is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Do you hear what Joseph is saying? God planted
one dream inside one young man, and that one
dream became food for an entire generation. That's
how God works. He plants today what generations
will desperately need tomorrow. Maybe that's
a word for someone listening today. Perhaps God
has planted something inside you that nobody
else understands. Maybe it's a calling. Maybe
it's a burden. Maybe it's a dream. Maybe it's
a vision that seems impossible. And right now,
your life feels more like a pit than a palace.
Don't judge the seed by the season it's passing
through. The pit didn't cancel God's promise.
The prison didn't cancel God's promise. Delay
doesn't cancel what God has planted. If God planted
it, He knows how to preserve it. And Joseph isn't
the only one. Joshua walked into a land filled
with giants. Everyone else saw obstacles. God
had planted courage. Solomon became known throughout
the world, not because he inherited wisdom, but
because God planted wisdom within him. David
stumbled more than once, but every time he fell,
he ran back to God. People remember David's failures.
God remembered the heart he had planted within
him. And that's the difference. God always looks
deeper than everyone else. He doesn't begin with
what people see. He begins with what he plants.
And as I kept reading the scriptures, I realized
something even more beautiful. God wasn't just
planting for one lifetime. He was planting for
generations. You know, One of the things that
has really challenged me while studying this
subject is realizing that God doesn't think the
way we do. Most of us spend a lot of time thinking
about today, the problems we're facing, the prayers
we're asking God to answer, the decisions we
have to make this week. We're naturally focused
on the present. But the more I read the scriptures,
the more I realize God is almost never thinking
about just today. He's already looking at tomorrow.
In fact, he's looking far beyond tomorrow. He's
looking from generation to generation. That's
a phrase you find throughout the Bible. His covenant
from generation to generation. His mercy from
generation to generation. His faithfulness from
generation to generation. I don't think those
words are there by accident. I think they're
showing us how God sees history. When God plants
something, he's rarely thinking about one lifetime.
He's thinking about generations. Take Hannah.
Have you ever thought about her story from that
perspective? Most of us remember Hannah because
she couldn't have children. We remember the miracle.
We remember Samuel. But the more I think about
it, the more I realize the miracle wasn't simply
that God gave her a son. The miracle was that
Hannah understood that some of the greatest gifts
God gives us are not meant to stay with us. They're
meant to be planted. She could have held tightly
to Samuel. After all, she had prayed for him.
She had cried for him. She had waited for him.
But instead, she gave him back to God. Can you
imagine that? She planted what she loved the
most. And look at the harvest. Samuel became
the prophet who anointed kings. Samuel anointed
David. And through David's family line came Jesus
Christ. One mother's prayer continued bearing
fruit long after she was gone. That's how God
thinks. And then there's Rahab. I have to admit,
her story has always fascinated me. Because if
anyone had a past that should have disqualified
them, it was Rahab. She was a Canaanite, an outsider,
a prostitute. Everything about her life said,
this story ends here. But God saw something different.
He saw a seed. When those two Israelite spies
arrived in Jericho, Rahab had a decision to make.
She chose faith. She protected the spies. She
trusted the God of Israel before she had ever
seen the walls of Jericho fall. Think about that.
She believed before she had proof. She tied the
scarlet cord in her window. Most people read
that and see a cord. I read it. And I see a seed,
a seed of faith, a seed of obedience, a seed
of covenant. And here's what moves me every time
I read her story. Rahab had absolutely no idea
what God was going to do with that one decision.
Years later, Matthew begins the genealogy of
Jesus. And there she is, Rahab, not remembered
for her shame, not remembered for her past, but
remembered because one act of faith became part
of God's plan to bring the Savior into the world.
You know what that tells me? People often remember
where you've been. God remembers what you've
planted. And I think somebody listening today
needs to hear that. Your past does not have the
final word. One act of obedience can change the
direction of generations. Then I started thinking
about the disciples. Have you ever noticed how
ordinary they were? Fishermen. a tax collector,
men that nobody would have selected to change
the world. But Jesus wasn't looking at what they
were. He was looking at what he could plant in
them. For three years, he planted truth. He planted
faith. He planted courage. He planted the kingdom.
When he returned to the Father, he didn't leave
behind buildings. He didn't leave behind wealth.
He left behind people carrying seeds. And more
than 2 ,000 years later, Those seeds are still
producing a harvest. Churches, missionaries,
families transformed, lives redeemed. The gospel
reaching places those disciples never imagined.
And then, everything brings me back to Jesus.
Because Jesus wasn't just the sower, he became
the seed. When he said, unless a grain of wheat
falls into the ground and dies, he wasn't giving
an agriculture lesson. He was talking about himself.
He willingly allowed himself to be planted. The
cross wasn't the end. It was the planting. The
resurrection was the first sign that the harvest
had begun. One seed, one cross, one empty tomb.
And today, billions of people around the world
are the harvest of that one seed. That's when
something really changed in the way I read the
Bible. God has never measured a seed. by how
impressive it looked on the day it was planted.
He measures it by the harvest it will produce.
Ha, and maybe that's why we become discouraged
too quickly. We look at today's seed while God
is already looking at tomorrow's harvest. And
that brings me to one thought I haven't been
able to shake. Perhaps the greatest thing God
will ever do through your life hasn't happened
yet. Perhaps it won't even happen during your
lifetime. Perhaps the prayer you pray today will
be answered through your grandchildren. Perhaps
the faithfulness you demonstrate today will become
the foundation upon which future generations
stand. Perhaps someone who hasn't even been born
yet will one day thank God for a seed you chose
to plant. Because that's how heaven thinks from
generation to generation. As I was preparing
this conversation, one thought kept coming back
to me. God has never changed history through
crowds. He has almost always started with one
person, one promise, one dream, one prayer, one
act of obedience, one seed. The more I think
about it, the more I realize that's still how
he works today. He's still looking for people
who are willing to plant. Not people looking
for recognition, not people chasing applause,
just ordinary people. who are willing to be faithful
with what God has placed in their hands. Maybe
that's you. Maybe God has already placed something
in your heart. A dream you've almost given up
on. A ministry you haven't started. A conversation
you've been afraid to have. A child you've been
praying for. A marriage you've been fighting
to restore. A calling you've been postponing.
Don't underestimate it. It may look small today,
but that's exactly how God likes to begin. You
know, When I look back over the Bible, I don't
see famous people. I see seeds. I see a promise
inside Abraham. I see a dream inside Joseph.
I see courage inside Joshua. I see wisdom inside
Solomon. I see repentance inside David. I see
faith inside Rahab. I see a praying mother named
Hannah. I see ordinary fishermen who simply said
yes to Jesus. And then I see Jesus himself. the
greatest seed ever planted, and suddenly everything
makes sense. God has always been planting what
future generations would one day harvest. That
makes me wonder, what is God planting through
us? What will our children remember? What will
our grandchildren inherit? What will still be
growing long after we're gone? Because one day
our voices will become silent, but our seeds
will still be speaking. So here's my encouragement
to you. Keep planting. Plant truth even when
lies seem louder. Plant kindness in a world that
celebrates cruelty. Plant forgiveness when bitterness
feels easier. Plant generosity when everyone
else is holding back. Plant faith even when you
can't yet see the harvest, because that's exactly
what every person we've talked about today did.
They planted first, the harvest came later, and
maybe That's the thought I'll leave you with
today. Don't become so focused on the harvest
that you forget the privilege of planting. Because
every promise, every miracle, every revival,
every godly family, every lasting legacy began
with someone who believed that one small seed
placed in God's hands could change the world.
I believe it still can, and maybe God is waiting
to plant that kind of seed through you. Thank
you for spending this time with me. Until next
time, let's keep building stronger lives, deeper
faith, and Christ -centered homes. One story,
one message, and one revelation at a time. God
bless you.