It is the time of year that people plow the ground and plant in hopes of a bountiful harvest. I will be the first to admit that I love fresh produce but I do not enjoy gardening at all. Well, the gardening isn't that bad, it is the weeding that I absolutely despise. I detest having to hoe and hoe and hoe. I know it is worth the effort but I still don't like it. But, I digress...
It is growing season. Folks will go out and plant okra and squash and tomatoes and potatoes and onions and radishes and beans and peas and corn, you get the idea. And, whatever seed they put into the ground is the vegetable that they hope to reap. You can't plant okra seed and hope to get anything but okra. You can't plant potatoes and hope to harvest tomatoes. It just doesn't happen.
Today's word is Job 4:8, NIV, which reads, "As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it."
Just as the seed we plant in our garden produces the fruit or vegetable that it came from, the seeds we plant physically and spiritually will produce the fruit or vegetable from which it derived. You cannot sow evil and expect to cultivate goodness. You cannot sow deceit and expect to cultivate truth. You cannot sow disrespect and disobedience and expect to reap respect and obedience.
It is sowing time; what are you sowing? Are you sowing goodness and mercy and love and joy? If so, your harvest should be bountiful in those things. If you are sowing sin and living in sin and cultivating sin, you can expect that sin will be your harvest. BUT, we have a merciful Father, a Master Gardner, Who can remove the weeds in our heart and cultivate that right spirit that we need. I pray He will remove the weeds from my heart and help me to produce a bountiful growing season.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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