The Seeds You Plant Determine What You Harvest.

Posted bySteven WalesPosted inKarma--you reap what you sowTags:, ,

After God promises blessings to the obedient, he promises curses to the disobedient. But one thing remains consistent: PEOPLE REAP WHAT THEY SOW.

“If you do not observe My commands and you break My covenant, I will bring terror on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail …. I will turn against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies…. I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins…. I will send WILD ANIMALS against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted…. I will send pestilence among you….  Ten women will bake bread in a single oven…. I will act with FURIOUS HOSTILITY toward you…. You will EAT THE FLESH OF YOUR SONS, YOU WILL EAT THE FLESH OF YOUR DAUGHTERS…. I will reduce your cities to ruins…. I will put ANXIETY in the hearts of those of you who survive… the sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight” Leviticus 26:15-36.

I counted TEN CONSEQUENCES of sin.  How many can you find?

God offers his people choices: a carrot and a stick. You can drive a mule by dangling a carrot on a string in front of him and he will walk toward it pursuing the reward, or you can beat him with a stick and he will walk away from the stick, pursuing an end to his pain.  We do the same.  Sometimes we are motivated by rewards, other times by pain.  For example, I am motivated by competition, grades, and academic rewards.  But I am also motivated by debt, joblessness, and looming financial disaster. 

I believe the best of us, the most earnest, devout Christians, remain subject to both God’s carrot and his stick. But no matter your circumstances—never take your eyes off his GRACE. 

And remember: YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW—AND YOU REAP MUCH LATER THAN YOU SOW.

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Published by Steven Wales

Dad's Daily Devotional began as text messages to my family. I wanted my teenagers to know their father was reading the Bible. But they were at school by then. Initially, I sent them a favorite verse or an insight based on what I read each day. That grew into drafting a devotional readng which I would send them via text. I work as an attorney and an adjunct professor, and recently wrote a book called HOW TO MAKE A'S.

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