In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God also created the animals, man and woman and fish and fowl, sun and moon, oceans and land, stars and planets, everything that was brought into being was brought into being through Him. (John 1:3) He also gave mankind plants that yield seed for reproduction and trees that yield fruit with seeds for producing the same fruit. (Genesis 1:29) God created them and determined how they would endure so as to always provide food for mankind as well as the animals. And He gave His promise; "While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Summer and winter, Day and night Shall not cease," Genesis 8:22.
You don't have to be a farmer to know that the type of seed you plant will determine the crop you yield! We know that if you plant corn you will harvest corn not potatoes, if you plant tomatoes you will not harvest peas. Sounds silly doesn't it? Everyone understands that you reap what you plant, you get what you sow. What many of us do not realize is that God's law of sowing and reaping also applies beyond vegetation! It applies to all of mankind.
The popular saying; what goes around comes around, is based on God's law of sowing and reaping. In 1 Kings 2:32, 44 we are given an example of how sowing and reaping applies to people. "The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword..." "The king also said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head."
Life application; know that the good or the bad that we do to others will come back to us. So sow that which you wish to harvest! Do you need forgiveness? Then you forgive others. Do you need encouragement? You give encouragement to others. Are you lonely? Reach out to others that are lonely. We reap what we sow. What are you sowing?
The following verse is taken from the context of what we give monetarily to the Lord's work. I.E., tithe to the church you attend, giving to missionary work around the world, Billy Graham Evangelical Association as an example, or whatever God leads you to sow your money into. Please seek the Lord for there are many voices out there in the world that seek your money for their gain, so make your giving a matter of prayer, between you and the Lord. Learn this truth about giving, sowing your money; "He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Corinthians 9:6-7. We will never ever, out give God, the more we give to His work the more He will provide to us that we may keep on giving!
This morning in my quiet time I came across the following verses that prompted today's post. "Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you. You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way..." Hosea 11:12-13.
Life application; When we sow righteousness, that which God shows us in His Word, we reap kindness, so break up the remaining hard ground of your heart and seek the LORD. Trusting in man and doing life our way, apart from God, reaps injustice and we eat the fruit of lies that will never satisfy.
"Do not be deceived. God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." Galatians 6:7-8.
Are you thinking right now, well I've done this or that and I haven't reaped or harvested what I sowed? Or maybe you are thinking of people who have really lived for themselves and as far as you can tell they haven't reaped what they sowed? Remember this; God alone determines the time of our individual harvests, and they will come. What He has predetermined will come to pass, for He acts and who can ever reverse it? No one!!
And to those who are living their lives, sowing righteousness into others, He encourages them with these words from Galatians 6:9-10; "So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone, especially to those in the family of faith."
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