"IT'S THE ONE LANGUAGE THAT THE FUTURE RECOGNIZE"
WE GATHER IN THE PRESENT WHAT WE SOWED IN THE PAST, AND WE WILL GATHER IN THE FUTURE WHAT WE SOW IN THE PRESENT.
"DO NOT BE DECEIVED: GOD CANNOT BE MOCKED. A MAN REAPS WHAT HE SOWS." ( GAL. 6:7)
(1) IF YOU WANT TO GATHER SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN THE FUTURE, YOU NEED TODAY, U NEED HAVE TIME TO GATHER, PRAY, MEDITATE IN THE WORD, SEEK COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH FAMILY, SERVE GOD IN THE MINISTERY, WORSHIP.
(2) IF YOU WANT EMOTIONAL STABILITY IN THE FUTURE, YOU NEED TODAY, EXERCIZE THE FORGIVENESS, PUT IN GOD YOUR ANXIETY WITH PRAYER, FIND OUT YOUR VAVLUE BEFORE GOD, FEED YOURSELF THE COMMUNION WITH YOUR CHURCH FAMILY AND YOUR OWN FAMILY.
(3) IF YOU WAN TO BE HEALTHY IN THE FUTURE, YOU NEED START TODAY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NOURISHMENT, YOUR REST TIME, YOUR PHISICAL APTITUDE.
2. IN OUR BARN, THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD SEEDS, WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE WHICH WE ARE GONNA SOW.
(1) THERE IS A CONFLICT INSIDE US: ONE PART WANTS TO SOW BAD THINGS (SOW IN THE FLESH) AND THE OTHER PART WANTS TO SOW GOOD THINGS (SOW IN THE SPIRIT).
" SO I SAY, WALK BY THE SPIRIT, AND YOU WILL NOT GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH. FOR THE FLESH DESIRES WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE FLESH. THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER, SO THAT YOU ARE NOT TO DO WHATEVER] YOU WANT." (GAL. 5:16-17)
- WHO SOW LIES, GATHER THE LACK OF AUTHORITY AND CREDIBILITY;
- WHO SOW THE CRITIC GATHER AN NEGATIVE SELFIMAGE;
- WHO SOW COMPETITION GATHER A DESINTGRATION OF FAMILY STRENGH;
- WHO SOW SELFISHNESS GATHER LONELINESS;
- WHO SOW WIND (CONFLICT) GATHER STORM (BELLIGERENT ENVIRONMENT);
- WHO SOW INSINCERITY GATHER ENVIRONMENT OF HYPOCRISY;
- WHO SOW LACK OF DIALOGUE GATHER CONFUSION.
2. WE HAVE GOOD SEEDS INSIDE US
"NO ONE WHO IS BORN OF GOD WILL CONTINUE TO SIN, BECAUSE GOD’S SEED REMAINS IN THEM; THEY CANNOT GO ON SINNING, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN BORN OF GOD." (I JN 3:9)
WE DECIDE WHAT WE ARE GONNA SOW IN LIFE, IF ITS IN FLESH OR IN THE SPIRIT. ARE WE GOING TO SOW CRITICS OR ENCOURAGEMENT? CONTENTION OR PEACE? GENEROSITY OR AVARICE? FAITH OR UNBELIEF? SELFISHNESS OR SOLIDARITY? SINCERITY OR FALSENESS? COMPETITION OR CO-OPERATION? GOOD OR BAD EXAMPLES? DILIGENCE OR LAZINESS?
THOSE SEEDS ARE ALWAYS IN OUR HEART AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE WHICH WE ARE GOING TO SOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHO SOW AFFECTIVE TOUCH, GATHER HEALTHY EMOTIONAL IN YOUR KID'S LIFE; WHO SOW LOVE TO YOUR SPOUSE GATHER SECURE KIDS; WHO SOW TIME QUALITY, GATHER INTIMACY; WHO SOW HEALTHY LIMITS TO YOUR KIDS, GATHER GOOD CITIZENS. SECURE AND CONFIDENT KIDS.
"DO NOT BE DECEIVED: GOD CANNOT BE MOCKED. A MAN REAPS WHAT HE SOWS. WHOEVER SOWS TO PLEASE THEIR FLESH, FROM THE FLESH WILL REAP DESTRUCTION;WHOEVER SOWS TO PLEASE THE SPIRIT, FROM THE SPIRIT WILL REAP ETERNAL LIFE." (GAL. 6:7-8)
3. SOWING IS AN ACT OF FAITH
A. IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY SOW GOOD SEEDS (FORGIVENESS)
IT'S EASIER TO SOW THE RESENTMENT THAN THE FORGIVENESS; CRITIC THAN ENCOURAGEMENT; FROM FLESH THEN FROM THE SPIRIT; IN SELFSHNESS THAN IN ALTRUISM; IN THE AVARICE THAN IN THE GENEROSITY; IN LAZINESS THAN IN THE DILIGENCE. WITH THIS THE GATHER IS DISASTROUS, BECAUSE WITH BRINGS SOUL WOUNDS, REFRACTORINESS, CONFLICTS AND MISERY.
"THOSE WHO GO OUT WEEPING, CARRYING SEED TO SOW, WILL RETURN WITH SONGS OF JOY, CARRYING SHEAVES WITH THEM." (PSALMS 126:6)
B. TAKE THE INITIATIVE OF SOW THE GOOD SEED TO CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT
"WHOEVER WATCHES THE WIND WILL NOT PLANT;
WHOEVER LOOKS AT THE CLOUDS WILL NOT REAP." (ECL. 11:4)
- YOU WANT TO GATHER PEACE IN YOUR HOME, START BEING A PACIFIER;
- YOU WANT TO HAVE ALOT OF FRIENDS, START SOW SINCERE FRIENDSHIP;
- YOU WANT TO HAVE KIDS AND SPOUCE WITH A GOOD SELFSTEEM, START ENCOURAGING THEM;
- YOU WHAVE CREDIBILITY, START TELLING ONLY THE TRUTH;
- YOU WANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD IN YOUR HOUSE, OPEN YOURSELF TO A DIALOGUE;
- YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY TO BE BETTER, START BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE.
C. IN BETWEEN THE GATHERING AND THE SOWING, WE SURVIVE BY THE FAITH
"LET US NOT BECOME WEARY IN DOING GOOD, FOR AT THE PROPER TIME WE WILL REAP A HARVEST IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP." (GAL. 6:9)
- YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THAT PROSPERITY WILL COME TO YOUR LIFE IF YOU GENEROUSLY SOW, DILIGENTLY WORK AND WISELY SPEND.
- YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR HORIZONS CAN BE AMPLIFIED IF U SEEK PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION;
- YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HAVE EMOTIONAL STABILITY IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU LEARN TO FORGIVE AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS, AND PUT IN GOD ALL YOUR ANXIETY WITH PRAYERS AND STOP SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF;
- YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THAT LIVING THE RIGHT AND HONEST WAY WILL MAKE YOU BE BLESSED BY GOD ( PROVERBS 11:8; 12:11; 21:6)
- YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR KIDS WILL BE SECURE, CONFIDENT AND WELL RESOLVED IF YOU ARE THE ONE WHO ENCOURAGE THEM.
4. WE ALWAYS GATHER WHAT WE SOW
"PEACEMAKERS WHO SOW IN PEACE REAP A HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS." (JAMES 3:18)
"AS I HAVE OBSERVED, THOSE WHO PLOW EVIL AND THOSE WHO SOW TROUBLE REAP IT" (JOB 4:8)
"THEY SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND" (HOSEA 8:7)
"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.
BUT YOU HAVE PLANTED WICKEDNESS, YOU HAVE REAPED EVIL, YOU HAVE EATEN THE FRUIT OF DECEPTION.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEPENDED ON YOUR OWN STRENGTH AND ON YOUR MANY WARRIORS" (HOSEA 10:12-13)
- IF YOU SOW FRIENDSHIP, YOU WILL GATHER FRIENDS;
- IF YOU SOW MERCY, YOU WILL GATHER MERCY;
- IF YOU SOW SPIRIT, YOU WILL GATHER SPIRITUAL LIFE;
- IF YOU SOW INTERCESIONM YOU WILL GATHER PRAYER 'S ANSWER;
- IF YOU SOW GENEROSITY, YOU WILL GATHER GENEROSITY (LK 6:38)
IN THIS THOUGHT, THE HAS BUMERANG EFFECT "DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU." (LUKE 6:31)
5. WE NEED TO BE CONSTANT ON SOWING GOOD SEEDS IF WE DONT WANT TO COMPROMISE OUR GATHERING
"SOW YOUR SEED IN THE MORNING, AND AT EVENING LET YOUR HANDS NOT BE IDLE, FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHICH WILL SUCCEED, WHETHER THIS OR THAT, OR WHETHER BOTH WILL DO EQUALLY WELL" (ECC 11:6)
"LET US NOT BECOME WEARY IN DOING GOOD, FOR AT THE PROPER TIME WE WILL REAP A HARVEST IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP. THEREFORE, AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD TO ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO BELONG TO THE FAMILY OF BELIEVERS." (GAL. 6:9-10)
"DO NOT PLANT YOUR FIELD WITH TWO KINDS OF SEED" (LEV. 19:19)
- IF ONE DAY YOU SOW ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE NEXT DAY YOU SOW THE DESTRUCTIVE CRITIC, THE ENCOURAGEMENT WILL BE ANNULLED;
- IF YOU DAY YOU ACT IN THE SPIRIT AND THE OTHER IN THE FLESH, YOU WILL LOSE PEOPLE'S RESPECT;
- IF ONE DAY YOU SAY THE TRUTH AND THE NEXT DAY YOU LIE, YOU LOSE YOUR CREDIBILITY;
- IF ONE DAY YOU ARE LOVING AND THE NEXT DAY YOU ARE RUDE, YOUR KIDS WILL BE INSECURE;
- IF ONE DAY YOU ARE SINCERE AND THE NEXT DAY YOU ARE FAKE, YOU CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF HYPOCRISY.
6. THE REAPING IS ALWAYS PROPORTIONAL TO THE SOWING
REMEMBER, WHO SOW LITTLE, REAP LITTLE; WHO SOW ALOT REAP ALOT.
GOD CAN ONLY MAKE GROW THE SEED YOU SOW.
" HE WILL ALSO SEND YOU RAIN FOR THE SEED YOU SOW IN THE GROUND, AND THE FOOD THAT COMES FROM THE LAND WILL BE RICH AND PLENTIFUL. IN THAT DAY YOUR CATTLE WILL GRAZE IN BROAD MEADOWS" (ISAIAH 30:23)
- IF YOU WANT A LIFE ABUNDANCE, YOU NEED TO INVEST IN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE;
- IF YOU WANT AN EMOTIONAL LIFE STABLE, YOU NEED TO INVEST IN THE HEALING OF YOUR SOUL;
- IF YOU WANT A FINANCIAL LIFE STABLE, YOU NEED BE GENEROUS IN YOUR SEEDING, DILIGENT IN YOUR WORK AND WISE WHEN SPENDING; YOU NEED TO BE WISE WITH YOUR SPENDINGS AND HONEST WHEN DEALING WITH MONEY, YOU NEED TO INVEST IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
- IF YOU WANT A BLESSED FAMILY, YOU NEED TO INVEST IN YOUR FAMILIAR RELATIONSHIP;
- IF YOU WANT A FRUITFUL MINISTERY LIFE YOU NEED TO GIVE YOURSELF ENTIRELY TO GOD.
CONCLUSION
WE ARE CONSCIOUS SEEDERS, WE SPREAD SEEDS AROUND US DAILY. THAT WE NAY CHOOSE ALWAYS THE GOOD SEEDS, SO ON THE TIME TO GATHER THE GOOD HARVEST, WE ONLY HAVE MOTIVES TO BE THANKFUL. (UNKNOWN AUTHOR)
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