Promise 13 from Leviticus 19:25

Lev. 19:25 - "'In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God'." - God is giving instruction about harvesting. He said after planting trees, don't eat any of its fruit the 1st three years because it is forbidden. During the 4th year the fruit is holy and is an offering of promise to the Lord, but on the 5th year you can eat it and it will gain profit for you. The Lord began this part in vs. 23 with the words, "When you enter the land and plant all kinds of seeds." This signifies at a time of beginning a new thing, maybe it is a starting a new business or maybe it is going to a different land and the seeds are words and deeds which reveal who God is. For the most part in our cultures we are taught to desire immediate gratification, we desire immediate results and in some cases if we are under authority we are punished if we do not produce immediate results; the quicker, the better gets the reward. However in God's economy this is not always the case. In a new business, ideas need to grow, the product needs to strengthen in quality and in fame. The same is true with people, the truth of who God is needs time to sink down deep. People need a chance to watch the sower to see if they are professionals in handling the produce of the seeds they are planting. People need time to really grow and let the words take root into their souls then as the fruit of understanding begins to blossom, it is to be celebrated by giving praise to God. Only when it is ripe and people are healthy spiritually in themselves, they will begin to increase and their fruit will increase in the Kingdom. Just as in that new business, when the product becomes famous the company prospers. When Jesus' name becomes famous in new place, the Kingdom prospers.