One day a humble Scottish farmer named Fleming saved the life of a nobleman's son who was mired in a bog. Next day the boy's father visited the farm and offered to repay him, but the farmer wouldn't hear of it. Just then the farmer's son came to the door and the nobleman said, "Then let me pay to educate your boy to the same standard as mine, and if he turns out to be half the man his father is, we'll both be proud." Fleming agreed and the boy attended the best schools, eventually graduating from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London.

 

You've probably heard of him - Sir Alexander Fleming, the man who discovered the miracle drug, Penicillin, saving millions of lives. Years later when the same nobleman's son developed pneumonia, guess what saved his life? Penicillin! And what was this nobleman's name? Lord Randolph Churchill.  And his son's name? Sir Winston Churchill, who helped save Europe from the horrors of the Third Reich!

 

It's the harvest law. You may not reap when or where you sow - but you'll always reap what you sow. Listen: "It will all come back... whatever measure you use in giving...will be used to measure what is given back to you" (Lk 6:37-38). Listen again: "Be generous... give freely... and the Lord... will bless you in everything" (Dt 15:8-10). Do you want to be blessed? Seriously blessed? Whatever you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.