The Kingdom of God is based on the mystery of seedtime and harvest. Seedtime and harvest involves grace and faith. God is the One who gives us the seed, which is grace. We by faith respond to His grace by sowing the seed into good ground. And then by grace, God gives us

Faith works IN hope, BY love, and THROUGH patience God wants our faith to be unshakeable. He wants us to be steadfast in what we believe, steadfast in who He is, and steadfast in His faithfulness. ‘For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see