Harvest Season Devotional: What to Do When the Blessing Comes
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A few years ago, my husband and I found ourselves in an unfamiliar kind of season. Things were actually going well, almost too well. At the time, we didn’t realize it, but looking back, I now know it was a harvest season.
It was a time of blessing, breakthrough, and unexpected provision.
“Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness…” – 2 Corinthians 9:10-11
This became even clearer during prayer time in our Bible study groups. Around the room, every request felt heavy. There were deep needs, waiting, grief, and loss.
Meanwhile, our own life was overflowing with answered prayers.
A new season had arrived, and we were walking in the miracles we had long believed for.
Even financially, we were blown away by what God was doing. Doors opened. Provision came. It felt like heaven was near and listening.
But with it came a strange discomfort. Almost guilt.
I remember whispering to my husband one night, “Are we suffering enough?”
A question I now know was rooted in misplaced fear. Suffering will come. We don’t need to summon it.
What I didn’t fully grasp back then was that this kind of season also carries purpose.
After years of quiet obedience, hidden faithfulness, and staying the course through difficult times, God had brought forth fruit.
Not just in our lives, but around us, family members drawing closer to Christ, unexpected baptisms, and old prayers we had forgotten being answered.
The kind of harvest that matters most: souls awakened, hearts softened, people saying yes to Jesus.
But harvest is not just joy. It is also weight.
It’s the reminder that what we’ve been given is not just to enjoy but to steward.
Maybe what I was missing wasn’t suffering, but the surrender to be used in the overflow.
Fruit Meant to Feed a Nation
Joseph’s story is a reminder that sometimes the harvest God gives us isn’t meant for us alone.
After years of betrayal, false accusations, and waiting, God raised him up to oversee Egypt’s grain during a famine.
The abundance he stewarded became the saving grace not only for a nation but for the very family that once rejected him.
Joseph’s story reminds us that harvest seasons are never just about comfort. They are about calling.
The fruit God brings forth in your life may be meant to nourish others in ways you cannot yet see.
This season isn’t only for celebrating. It’s for pouring. For being a vessel. The fruit is not just yours to enjoy. It’s meant to lead others to the Giver.
So if you find yourself in a harvest season, full of answered prayers, spiritual breakthroughs, and deep joy, don’t apologize. Praise. Pour. Plant again.
Ask God how He wants to use what He’s given you to draw more people to Him.
How to Walk Through a Harvest Season
Celebrate Without Guilt
It’s okay to enjoy what God has done. This isn’t pride, it’s praise.
Stay Humble in the Overflow
God gets the glory. Always. Don’t let fruit distract you from the Vine.
Steward What You’ve Received
Blessing isn’t just for keeping, it’s for sharing. Ask God who you’re meant to pour into.
Don’t Grow Weary in the Work
Harvest takes energy. Guard your rest, protect your boundaries, and stay nourished by His Word.
Sow Even While You Reap
Don’t stop planting. The harvest from this season is meant to plant seeds for the next.
Truth to Hold Onto
You didn’t get here on your own, and you won’t carry it alone. The God who brought the harvest will show you how to handle it.
Whatever your harvest looks like, whether it is answered prayers, renewed joy, or breakthrough after a long wait—receive it with gratitude, but do not stop there.
Ask God how to pour it out. Let the blessing become a seed in someone else’s life.
This devotional is part of the 7-part Spiritual Seasons Series, each reflecting a unique season we may walk through with God.
May you walk through this season with grace and purpose.
And may your harvest, no matter how big or small, point others back to the One who makes all things grow.
