Good day people. How was the last week and the
weekend? I hope we all made advancement in our walk with God in grace. It is a
new week and we will continue in our Galatians’ journey.
This week we’re considering Galatians 6 verses 7
& 8:
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit
reap life everlasting” King James Version
Last week we looked at the issue of proper
personal appraisal and briefly touched on the fact that God hold us responsible
for our lives. The verses in focus this week also show to us a reality in life
that demonstrates another aspect of human responsibility. There
is an incontrovertible principle in life: the principle of sowing and
reaping. It is a reality we need to
accept and take advantage of in our lives.
“While
the earth remaineth, seedtime and
harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall
not cease” (Genesis 8:22). The same principle is
alluded to by Paul in 2nd Corinthians 9 where he was encouraging the
Corinthians on giving: “But this I say,
He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth
bountifully shall reap also bountifully” (2nd
Corinthians 9:6).
Just like in agriculture where seeds germinate
and produce specific crops or plants, everything we do produces a harvest of
its own kind. Unfortunately for us many times we fail to remember this simple
reality of life. Most people only think of this principle when they think about
wealth or financial prosperity. However, the truth is that whether in the area
of giving or in other actions we carry out and even attitudes we exhibit, this
principle operates every day! In fact, the greatest miracle ever in history-God’s
mighty act of effecting our redemption actually followed this principle; God
“sowed” the life of His Son Jesus and He reaped many new lives (John 12: 24).
When we have this in mind, it helps
us put the issue of human responsibility into better perspective. Every
thought, every attitude displayed, the words we speak and actions carried out
are all seeds we sow to be reaped in due time. Permit me to use an example in
the context of a relationship like marriage. The seeds sown in a marriage would
be the commitment of both partners, the time and effort put into clear communication
between spouses, both verbal and non-verbal expressions of love and the likes
while the harvest reaped would be the quality of relationship that would
eventually exist in the marriage. As a husband or wife for example, you will
only reap an enjoyable marriage when you sow the right seeds. Each of us is
responsible for sowing the right seeds in order to reap the right harvest.
Particularly, the scriptural
exhortation this week from Galatians 6 is for us to sow to the Spirit and we
are assured that we will reap eternal life from the Spirit. I will refer us
back to the earlier posts focusing on Galatians 5 in which we considered issues
like walking in the Spirit, yielding to the influence of the Spirit and things
along those lines. Those are the seeds we need to sow to the Spirit and we will
reap the appropriate harvest.
Are you on the other hand sowing
evil seeds or as Galatians 6:8 calls it “sowing to the flesh”? Make no mistake
about it: there is a harvest of wickedness and evil waiting to be reaped. There
is a certainty of the harvest because it is a consequence of sowing. Why not
put an end to it right now? Repent and begin to sow the right seeds.
Sowing and reaping. It is a reality
of life, a divinely instituted principle that remains perpetually in operation.
It has implications in time and eternity and emphasizes to us the weight of our
choices. As we continue this week and through life, let us learn to sow the
right seeds. Let us sow to the Spirit and we will reap a bountiful harvest of life.
We will wrap up this section of
Galatians next week. Have a great day and a lovely week. Don’t settle for
anything less than what God’s glorious grace has made available already.
My
song for the week is “I Am Not Alone” by Kari Jobe. Our God is committed to us, so child of God remember, you are not alone!
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