Sowing and reaping is not simply and only about money it is about every aspect or facet of life.
So first let me share Galatians 6:7 with you in various translations:
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (NIV)
Don't be misled--you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. (NLT)
Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked [a]by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and [b]that only is what he will reap. (AMP)
What does this mean? This means be mindful at all times what you give out because that is what you will get back. Let me delve a little further into this. There are many people that are why me type of people? Why is this or that happening to me, the first thing is crap happens. "Good and bad" happens to the righteous and the unrighteous. So instead of having a pity party and asking a million and one questions, have a praise party and confess the Word of God. Also think about the things that you have done, said and you may have a better answer to your why me questions.
Ok, now back to sowing and reaping, if you sow love you are going to reap love, if you sow peace you are going to reap peace, if you sow joy you are going to reap joy, if you sow kindness you are going to reap kindness, if you sow mercy you will reap mercy, if you sow understanding you will reap understanding. Ok I think you get where I am going with this.
Now when you sow if you are sowing into a person, situation, or circumstance you may not reap from the place that you sowed but you will definitely reap.
Sowing is a law just like gravity is a law, it works no matter what you do.
So I ask you what are you sowing? The bible teaches us to love our enemies and pray for them, it teaches us that it is not enough to love those who love us but to love our enemies. Why because in loving our enemies we can begin to develop the God type of love that agape love. Also because it is easy to love those that are nice to you and that you love.
Pastor Winston yesterday was speaking on reaping and sowing, when you slap someone expect to be slapped back, when you cuss someone expect to be cussed back. Again the person you are doing this to may or may not be the one to do it back to you. It could be 15 years from now and yes, you repented for your sin and God forgot it but when you sow, you release energy. For those who don't know energy cannot be created or destroyed, energy simply continues to move and transfers. So whatever you did even though you repented for it energy was released into the atmosphere that will come back to you in some way, shape, or form. Again sowing and reaping is a LAW.
In a nutshell what am I saying, I am saying be mindful of the words you speak over other people, what you say to them, how you say it, and what you say about them. Why? because you reap what you sow. The golden rule is to do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. Imagine if everyone treated others the way they truly wanted to be treated, we would all be reaping harvests of abundant love, joy, peace, happiness etc.
The good thing is change begins with one person, so it can start with us right now. We can make a conscious effort to be mindful of what we sow because whatever seeds we plant will grow as a harvest in our lives.
Be a blessing and be blessed,
Epiphany Essentials
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