WE HARVEST WHAT WE PLANT
The scripture has a lot to say about sowing and reaping a harvest. In his letter to the churches in Galatia, Paul makes some powerful statements in (Gal 6:7-10). He starts off by declaring "you always harvest what you plant", in other words there is more than one kind of seed, but the harvest will always be of the same type as the seed sown. Remember there is always a time factor of several months in the natural, between sowing the seed and reaping the harvest. The same principle applies to the spiritual realm, which is what we want to consider. Some folks seem to grow old gracefully, while others become grouchy and ill-tempered. This doesn't happen suddenly, but gradually over a period of time. If we were able to go back in time to see what sort of things these people sowed into their lives and relationships with others, we would probably see the reason for the difference!
C S Lewis is credited with saying "Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before". If this is true, and I have no reason to doubt it, then we need to be very careful what type of choices we make. We can choose to submit our wills to line up with God's, or we can choose to follow our own desires, or those of certain friends. The result will not always be seen immediately, but will show up in your life eventually. So why not heed the advice of Paul "Don't be misled----you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful flesh nature will harvest decay and death from their sinful nature, but those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. 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." The question we have to ask ourselves then is, which way am I sowing? Am I sowing to the Spirit or to the flesh? It seems clear from this scripture passage, as well as others, that the seeds we sow today will determine the kind of fruit we'll reap tomorrow. We read in
(Gal 5: 16-21) where Paul describes what he calls the "works of the flesh", as sins that will prevent those who do such things from their "inheritance" that is being reserved in heaven for us according to (1Peter 1:3-9). With this in mind we should warn people of the eternal danger of being involved in any of these "works of the flesh" mentioned here. Instead of the works of the flesh let it be the fruit of the Spirit listed by Paul in (Gal 5:22-23)!!!
Sincerely submitted.
Dave Jamer revised 30/01/13
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