We Reap What We Sow

Good Morning,

Galatians 6:7-8 (NIV)
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The 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.

There are those of us, yes Christians...believers in Jesus Christ who have accepted Him as Lord and Savior...who still think that we can deceive God and continue a sinful nature while yet proclaiming the righteousness of Jesus.

My friends, God cannot be deceived in this. He is omniscient, that is, He has 100% complete knowledge and understanding of EVERYTHING that occurs on this earth. He KNOWS not only what we do, but even what we think about. And yet we still sin and sow into our sinful nature. We do this even though we read Scripture which tells us clearly what the end results will be, what we will reap. Now, that doesn't mean we lose our salvation. That's a thought and subject for minds much greater and more learned than mine. What it DOES mean is that, even though saved, we can STILL reap the destruction that Paul writes in these verses. Pretty sobering, isn't it? It is truly something that we need to think about.

Something that has always fascinated me is the "why" of Christians continuing in a sinful lifestyle. What comes to me is that it is as simple as physical pleasure and pride. Well, I would guess that greed would probably rank pretty high, as well, but it also seems that greed is pretty much interlaced with both pleasure and pride. We sin, simply put, because that sin feels good to us. We sin because our pride wishes for us to be recognized and help up before other people. We sin because we are weak and give in to the enemy's temptations which tell us that "this sin" really isn't so bad and, after all, it won't really hurt anyone. So, we convince ourselves of this and then lie to ourselves when we question our own behaviors. Well, I guess we all really do know and understand the "why" of sin, don't we?

We still have the consequences to think about, however. "A man reaps what he sows." Very simply put and so very clear.

Is it worth it? The sin? The pleasure?

I would say that it isn't. I would conclude from what I read in today's verses that the result, the harvest, of the sin we sow just isn't worth the short term pleasure we obtain. It's my opinion that, even though I'm as guilty as anyone in this, it's still my opinion that the results aren't worth the little we gain from our sin.

On the other hand, what we gain when we "sow to please the Spirit" well, THAT harvest, those results, are much, much more than worth the effort.

It's our choice, as life is, after all, a series of choices, which we can make. We can sow to the sinful nature or we can so to please the Holy Spirit.

Which choice will we make today?

Love, peace, and blessings,

David