Devotions: Sow And Reap

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Galatians 6:7-8 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

There are many deceiving ideas in the world. Many would say that it doesn’t matter what we do, that we are forgiven so we can live however we want. But those lies deceive us. Those ideas make a mockery of God because they are saying that He doesn’t know, doesn’t care, or doesn’t have the power to deal with it. But He does. We can’t deceive Him with our pasty outward lives. He alone knows our hearts. He also knows that we will reap what we sow. Satan also knows this, but he desires to deceive us into following him instead of God. He wants to mock God with our two-faced, noncommittal lives. Know this, that if we live in the flesh (world) we will reap of the flesh, and that means corruption, eternity in torment, for the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. But if we sow in the Spirit, we will reap of the Spirit and gain eternal life. We have a choice: to live in this life, for this life, or to live in eternity, for eternity. We cannot be worldly minded and inherit heaven, we must be heavenly minded to do that. This is evident in a person’s life. Those who live for pleasure show the consequences in themselves: addiction, STD’s, broken families, etc. Even those who serve in the church but do so out of selfish motives gain that end because they are sowing in the flesh. Selfishness has no place in God’s kingdom. Only those who live for God have joy, peace and eternity. What are you sowing?

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