Real Growth

Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life. Galatians 6:7‭-‬8 MSG

I wonder why today's extract starts with an advice: 'don't be misled'. Could it be that the world teaches a different message and encourages a different allegiance? Could it be that what is being promoted is a care-free life, without accountability or responsibility? As we have always established, it doesn't matter what the world says or teaches; it only matters what God says, and what he has said is clearly stated above: what a person plants, he will harvest.

It does not matter how long it takes or how much I try; God's natural law of sowing and reaping has been established since the days of Noah. Till today, even with the world's  advancement in technology and the discovery of grafting, that law is yet to be broken. It does not matter how long you argue for or how hard you try: God's Word is unbreakable.

I have a choice: I have been given seeds and I must plant them in the ground. I must choose what I do with the seeds and how I plant. The same grace in different forms has been given to all men, and man must put the grace to work everyday. The ground in which the seeds are sown will determine the quality and quantity of the harvest. I must therefore make the effort to plant right and planting well.

As always, all choices have eternal consequences. You should know by now that God is not a joker; he takes his Word seriously; he has been watching over the performance of His Word long before and after Jeremiah and he will continue to guard his Word jealously. Do I heed his Word? Do I allow his Word work in and through me? His time of favour is here.