SOWING TO REAP

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“Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.”

 

I look forward to spring arriving and fruit and vegetable seeds appearing in stores. Little packets with brightly colored photos promise tomatoes, peppers, beans, strawberries, and more. But there is a tremendous amount of hard work between buying those packets of seeds and reaping the harvest shown in the photos. We have to break up the soil, get rid of rocks and weeds, and make rows and hills. After the seeds are in the ground, we water, fertilize, and pull more weeds. We will invest many hours of work tending those plants in order to reap a harvest. That is a little like the Christian life. Our hearts are naturally hard and prone to sin, so we must break up that hard ground, sow the seeds of righteousness, and keep pulling weeds. The Lord has promised that when we are faithful to invest ourselves in these ongoing but necessary tasks, He will be faithful to reward us with a bountiful harvest of His righteousness.

• Allen Jackson Ministries