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I’ve been working in my garden. Hopefully it will be a rewarding experience this year. Things are growing! Plant and harvest. You get what you plant…plant potatoes, harvest potatoes. 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 circle of Christian friends and family hugging and helping fellow brothers and
sisters in the Lord. We naturally see lots of love sharing around the time of
Thankfulness and the Remembrance of Christ’s birth, but I actually see it day by day… 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.
And don't forget to do good and to
share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God. Hebrews 13:16
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
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.
Meditate.
Consider the harvest.
Verse
of Salvation ~ I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you
will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to
understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives
until the day of Christ's return. May you always be filled with the fruit of
your salvation--the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus
Christ--for this will bring much glory and praise to God. Philippians 1:9-11
My gratitude for today: Sunshine—part
of God’s creation. Plants that grow…and will produce food. Knowledge of
everlasting life…to share lovingly with others.
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Revised from Banquet With The King blog, November 27, 2017.
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