Sowing and Reaping

Where men dwell, from the most primitive “bush” hut to the noblest housing devised, one law prevails and is immutable:  You reap what you sow! (Galatians 6:7) All the elements of law are established in this simple, axiomatic truth:  cause and effect.  It could be wished all law were as comprehensive and exact as this.  There are no exceptions, no exemptions and it applies equally to all who draw breath.

Most often this self-evident truth is quoted with a certain sense of foreboding; intimating there is no escape from the consequence of perhaps some heinous deed.  And, indeed, this truth ought to be a deterrent to even the thought of wrong-doing, but it’s not.   That’s because one does not always see a direct correlation between act and consequence.  But history has shown the consequence is a very part of the seed sown and that’s exactly what God is saying, “Don’t kid yourself, you’re going to reap exactly what you’ve sown!”

The flip-side of this idea which seems so ominous on the negative side, is equally applicable and its consequences just as powerful on the positive side.  Though one scarcely sees this idea taught, but Ecclesiastes 11:1 does:  “Cast your bread(money) upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” Jesus was speaking to this same principle when He said, “Give, and it will be given to you:  good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom.  For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you” (Luke 6:38).

This is good stuff all and one need do is try it with a positive expectation--it has to work because God is behind it, being surety for its performance.