Deuteronomy 28

"Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:

(Deu 28:1-2)

"But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

(Deu 28:15)

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

(Gal 6:7-8)

God makes it crystal clear here in Deuteronomy. If a man is going to sow seeds of faithful obedience to the Lord, he will reap a crop of blessing from the Lord. On the other hand, if a man chooses to continue to sow the sinful seed of disobedience, he should not be surprised when he begins to reap a harvest of bitter destruction. YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

This principle is universal. It applies ACROSS THE BOARD. If I sow corn seed, I’m gonna reap corn. If I sow barley, I will reap barley. You never plant one thing and then magically harvest another. If it works this way in the natural realm, we shouldn’t be surprised to find that the principle carries over into the spiritual. You can say you love Jesus, read your Bible, and pray daily… but if you continue to treat everyone else like junk and live to satisfy yourself, you will reap a bitter, destructive harvest. I think sometimes we forget this. We think that we can somehow “make-up” for sins we deliberately, willfully commit by doing “good things”. We are almost calculating about it, to the point where I think sometimes we even tell ourselves, “it’s okay to do this wrong deed now, because of the good things I’m gonna do later.” – DON’T BE DECEIVED, YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

If you want to reap blessing from God, you need to be a DOER of His Word. Your life needs to be RADICALLY AFFECTED by the Spirit of God as He teaches you to live like JESUS. If we are content with where we are today, if we aren’t striving to become more like Jesus, then I believe we are sure to be sowing bad seed.

What kind of seed are you sowing?