Sowing & Reaping

When Paul writes to the Galatian church, “Whatever one sows, that will he also reap,” they would have understood the process of sowing, the patience required for growth, and the joy when crop was available for reaping. Whether you believe in God or not, the principle of sowing and reaping applies to all. This is a law of life.

All actions have consequences, whether positive or negative. Right now, everyone is planting seeds through actions or decisions that will one day grow into a harvest that they will reap. Life is full of choices. And we make all kind of choices in life. What we don't realize is that we make choices early in life that go with us for the rest of our life. It becomes part of our character. Early in life we'll hear things, we see things, we experience things that we think are in our past and gone. The truth is, all we see, all we hear, all we experience is still there.

So, here's what Paul says, he says, “Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.”

We have to ask ourselves the question, what kind of life do I want to live? For example, in the future, what do I want to look like in the years to come? Because once you start planting a certain kind of seed more than likely you're going to keep on allowing it to be planted. We are people of patterns and habits. Some of these are good, but some are bad. Regardless of the habit good or bad, seed is being sown and that seed will yield a return.