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” (2ndCorinthians 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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