Amos 9:13. May we reap before plowing with God.

 Amen.

You have touched upon one of the most striking prophetic images in Scripture—the divine reversal of natural order, where God’s blessing is so immediate and overwhelming that the harvest rushes to meet the sower.

This comes from Amos 9:13:

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper,

and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;

the mountains shall drip sweet wine,

and all the hills shall flow with it.”

Here is a meditation on that breathtaking promise:

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The Reaper Before the Plower

You speak a word that turns time upside down:

The reaper before the plower.

Not lack, but overflowing;

Not delay, but fulfillment now—

Your kingdom’s swift, abundant hour.

When we are still breaking ground,

Still turning soil with sweat and hope,

You send the harvest to surround

Our waiting—not at the far slope,

But here, beneath our trembling hand.

The plowman meets the reaper in the land.

It speaks of mercy moving faster than our labor,

Of grace outstripping time.

It tells of a divine, miraculous favor—

A harvest in its prime

Arriving as we just begin to sow,

Heaven’s “yes” before our “go.”

So when my pace feels slow and small,

When the field seems bare, the yield unsure,

I’ll remember Your prophetic call:

You bring the reaper before the plower.

You collapse the seasons, flood the plain,

And turn our patient planting into sudden grain.

You are the God of holy reversal,

Of abundance that defies the natural.

We plow in faith—and watch You bring

The harvest racing on the wing.

Amen.