Today's scriptures: Galatians 6:7-8
Sometimes, we know some Scriptures so well, they become clichés rather than
truths. How often do we say or hear “You reap what you sow”? Sometimes we even
joke about it.
But this is no joking matter.
“God is not mocked,” Paul asserts. What we do on earth has eternal
repercussions. We can’t do our own thing and satisfy the flesh, and then expect
to show up in heaven. Yet that’s exactly what the world thinks.
You ask the average American if they believe in God and heaven, and (even today) a relatively high percent will say they do. You ask them how to get to heaven, and most will say,
“Be a good person.”
And who defines “good”? Most would say if the good things they do outweigh the
bad.
That is not what God says. He demands and deserves our total surrender to Him.
We cannot receive eternal life with Him just by trying to do good things or be
a good person. We are to “sow to the Spirit.”
But what does that really mean? Sow to the Spirit?
When we believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, we accept His sacrificial
death for our sins, and serve Him as our living Savior, we are part of God’s
family. We have the Spirit residing in us. And we begin to live according to
the Spirit’s leading and the Father’s will.
Then we sow to the Spirit. We manifest His fruit. We strive to do, not just
“good” things, but godly things. We love our neighbor as ourselves. We become
burden-bearers. We use our God-given gifts to serve our heavenly Father.
And we’ll reap eternal life with God—Father, Son, and Spirit!
If we’re only living for ourselves and hoping that our good outweighs our bad,
we’re actually sowing to our flesh. And what will we reap? Corruption. And
eternal life separated from God—Father, Son, and Spirit.
What are you sowing? And, even more, what will you reap?
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