Galatians 6:7-9 (New International Version)
7Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
God's Law of Sowing and Reaping:
A harvest of destruction
When someone pursues God, what kind of seed is that person sowing--good or bad?
Good seed
If you sow good seed, what kind of harvest will you reap?
A harvest of life
Why do you think people who sow good seed sometimes grow weary and lose heart?
Because we expect the harvest to come sooner than it sometimes does, and we lose patience.
And while we're just beginning to sow good seed and are longing for the good harvest, we're still reaping what kind of fruit if we sowed bad seed earlier?
A bad harvest. (A light bulb goes off) I'm caught between harvests.
While sowing your good seed, you may still be reaping from the old harvest. The good harvest, the harvest of life, hasn't yet come to fruition. Therefore, you're living under the false illusion that efforts to sow good seed are ineffective.
It's always too early to give up and it's always too early to lose hope. If you give up, once you've started sowing that good seed, you'll start sowing the bad seed again and that will destroy the production of the good harvest.
(Dialogue from a book by Randall Arthur)
Once you start to sow that good seed again, God sees the heart of His child and sometimes will be merciful in the reaping of the bad seed and very gracious in the reaping of the good seed. So hang on. If you've lived a life that is not pleasing to God and are trying now to please Him, do NOT get weary in doing good (sowing good seeds) for you will reap a good harvest...eventually. Remember God's ways are not our ways....."Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:6-9)
Be encouraged....we've all been at the point of giving up at one time or another. The times that I gave up, I eventually had to start all over in the same process and just wasted precious time.
When I pressed through the hard times (when I wanted to give up with everything in me), God blessed way beyond I ever dreamed. Those good seeds always produced a harvest of life!! It was not easy, but God gave me the strength to endure and He will do the same for you.
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