"Those who honor me I will honor"
1 Samuel 2:30
The Bible speaks of the law of reaping and sowing. Paul spoke about it.
7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature[a] will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galations 6:7-9
As Mr Nasser put it, "the law of the harvest" means that we reap what we sow, we reap more than we sow and we reap after we sow. You don't go and scatter wheat seads and expect to see corn growing the next day. A farmer knows that if you scatter wheat seed, your going to get wheat and your not going to get it for several months. Sowing and reaping is the same for us, only in sin and goodness.
As I posted yesterday, we are very self-absorbed people. When we focus on sowing success, money prestige...we might reap just that, but most people who do can't even enjoy it, because they are so worried that someone will out-do them! For those of us who seek approval, it's like an addiction. We are so anxious about what we say, what we do, that the rolling of the eyes or the shaking of one's head could destroy us. Some of us have one goal in life and that is to be number 1. In trying to be number 1 we manipulate and diminish people. What is reaped from that is that the people closest to us, feel used and abused. All three of these examples boil down to wanting to be the center of attention. The desire for power and attention always reaps a painful, destructive harvest. The result is heartache.
Should you then seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. Jeremiah 45:5
But the good news is that by sowing good seeds, such as truth, love, forgiveness, helping others. We will reap the good harvest and recieve those things back, if not by others, by Jesus. As we grow in the love and forgiveness of Jesus, our hearts will change, we will want nothing more than for God to be honored. We won't care if we go unoticed by others. If we seek only happiness, things will always get in the way of it. If we seek to honor God, nothing will be able to stand in the way.
Mr Nasser spoke of a man by the name of Eric Liddell, he ran in the 1924 olympics in paris. He was a Christion and believed very strongly in keeping the Sabbath day for God. When he learned that his first heat was scheduled for Sunday. He refused to race. Countless people tried to convince him to change his mind. He wouldn't. Another British runner, who had already won a medal, offered to let Eric Liddell run in his place in the 200 meter race. Liddell accepted. On that day, as Eric dug out his starting point an American runner handed him a slip of paper. On it this was written: "In the good book it says, 'He who honors me I will honor'" When the starting gun sounded, Liddell took off running, the piece of paper clinched in hand. He won! He was faced with pleasing his country or his God, and for choosing God he was rewarded. He became the sensation of his country, and what an example he set!
God will honor us too. Sometimes we will enjoy the rewards of the harvest soon after, sometimes in eternity. But it should be known that when we honor God, no action, big or small, ever goes unoticed and will never be forgotten by our Father.
"We will reap what we sow, more than we sow, and after we sow."-David Nasser
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