You Harvest What You Plant
Galatians 6:7,8 (NLT): “Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.”
Have you ever wondered why some things in your life are not right? Perhaps recently, over the past couple of months, the people around you haven’t been as friendly. Or maybe you keep seeing the same negative things. Many people unknowingly sow seeds of discord in their lives without realizing it.
God gives us a clue to what controls our environment –
Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV): “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…”
If this is true, then the words you speak are seeds planted in the soil of your heart, which you will harvest in the near future. Did you see that? This isn’t mind over matter. Your words are the seeds. And your heart is the soil. Got weeds, bad seeds!
God gives us another clue: if you are sowing to your flesh, only to satisfy yourself, your harvest will be nothing but decay and death. Here is something to remember: take the word FLESH. Now remove the H, representing Him (the Lord); you have FLES, which is SELF backward. Satisfying the flesh is just satisfying self without Him.
Here is the final clue: If you plant God’s seed in your soil, you will have an everlasting harvest of life from His Spirit. Where do you get God’s seed? I’m glad you asked! You get God’s seed from His Word, the Bible! Start speaking what God says about you instead of complaining or saying things that don’t satisfy you. For example:
- I am blessed and highly favored! (Psalm 84:4)
- I am the seed of Abraham and an heir according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29)
- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)
- Goodness and Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life! (Psalm23:6)
- God supplies all my needs according to his riches in glory. (Philippians 4:19)
- I am blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:3)
I don’t know about you, but I prefer to speak what God says about me rather than speak weeds into my life. If you want to change what you see, you need to change your mind, your speech, and your belief to what God says about you!
Be Blessed!
Ron
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