![]() Those who sow anger should expect to receive what anger naturally produces. Those who plant apple seeds should expect to harvest apples. ![]() Until then, we faithfully labor in His field (Matthew 9:38), knowing that “at the proper time we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up” (Galatians 6:9 see also Psalm 126:5). God will bring forth fruit to His glory in His time. When the Bible likens the ministry to planting, watering and reaping (1 Corinthians 3:6), it suggests a length of time. The farmer must be patient in order to see the fruit of his labors. There is no way around it: every time we choose an action, we also choose the consequences of that action. The world operates under the law of cause and effect. A man reaps what he sows.” There are natural consequences to our actions. Galatians 6:7 says, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. It is an axiom of life that we reap what we sow. It is more than just an agricultural principle. Sowing and reaping is also a law of the spiritual world. This happened to disobedient Judah on a couple occasions (Jeremiah 12:13 Micah 6:15). God warned Israel that, if they forsook Him and pursued idols, the law of sowing and reaping would be suspended and their crops would fail (Leviticus 26:16b). Israel’s gratefulness for God’s yearly blessing was expressed in the Feast of Firstfruits, when the first of the harvest was brought to the Lord as an offering (Exodus 23:19a Leviticus 23:10). Genesis 26:12 says that Isaac sowed a crop and received a hundredfold in one season because the Lord targeted him for blessing. In some cases His blessing comes more specially to those of His choosing, such as Isaac. God’s blessing comes generally to the whole world as He sends sun and rain to the just and the unjust (Matthew 5:45). God uses the law of sowing and reaping to bestow His blessing. Ever since the beginning, man has understood the process of sowing and reaping and has applied it to his benefit. These plants were then given to man for food (verse 29). ![]() On the third day of creation, God commanded the earth to bring forth living plants “bearing seed” and fruit “with seed in it” (Genesis 1:12). Sowing and reaping is a law of the natural world. Not surprisingly, then, the Bible contains many references to sowing and reaping, and here are some of the principles we learn: ![]() Many of Jesus’ parables involve the farming life. Most of the Bible was originally written to those living in an agrarian society, people familiar with working the land, managing livestock, and raising crops. ![]()
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