Don't be misled—you cannot mock the justice
of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 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. So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we
will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Therefore, whenever we have
the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the
family of faith. Galatians 6:7-10
Plant and harvest. You get what you plant…plant
tomatoes, harvest tomatoes. Plant basil, harvest basil, not wheat. That is
pretty logical. There’s some essentially basic and yet wise advice about
planting and harvesting in the Bible.
And those who are peacemakers will plant
seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. James 3:18.
Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and
you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for
now is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and shower righteousness
upon you. Hosea 10:12.
Seeds of peace reap righteousness and that
results in love. Harvest righteousness…and then plant it—how do you do that?
Does it grow on a bush or a tree in your heart? Righteousness is right living
before God, with integrity, virtue and purity of life. That is all goodness, pleasing
to the Holy Spirit—God Himself. Doing good. It warms my heart to see and hear
of others, doing good. I love it when I see others in my Church family hugging
and helping fellow brothers and sisters in the Lord. We naturally see lots of love
sharing around this time of Thankfulness and the Remembrance of Christ’s birth,
but I see it in my Church family all year around. Don’t get tired of doing good—that
in itself is a blessing. So choose to keep on doing good…blessing others by
pleasing the Holy Spirit.
Prayer
~ Lord God, provide opportunities for each of us to “do good” and help us not
to be misled. Open our eyes to show us what we are “planting” and “harvesting”
for we want to live to please You.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 & 2 Thessalonians
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2017 Text and Photos by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.
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