LEARNING DAILY

Galatians 6:7-9, Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will 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. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

Justain Fraily spoke at NorthRock Church this weekend. He spoke on Paul’s encouragement to this church to hold onto their faith (Audrey’s notes). He said this about one’s belief, “Belief is active not passive”. Audrey added to what I caught by writing, “We must sow what we are believing for. We have to align our actions with our faith.” Pastor Fraily said, “The best things in life are not received without the process. Laws apply to everyone (or at least they are supposed to). But in the spiritual and moral order, we will ultimately reap what we sow”. He spoke about a trial being a difficult season that God may be allowing to develop our character, to shape us into what He wants us to become; that situation is out of our control (from Audrey’s notes). He continued, “All of us are going to be influenced by external influences – our posture should be submission.”

Believers know Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will reap.” Each of us are “going to harvest what we plant” (Fraily). Consequences are the result of our decisions and Fraily said, “our posture now needs to be repentance” (Audrey’s notes). Verse 8 should encourage every Believer, “but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” Fraily said, “The life you are living right now is the result of the seeds you planted. Every deed is a seed – good or bad; eventually the results are seen. If you eat poorly, your health is affected and vice versa.

He mentioned, “Today there are those who thought and still believe they could rewrite morality without consequences. The result has become confusion, brokenness, and an unraveling at the seams. He continued saying that one cannot redefine truth because when you do, one’s identity unravels. When one goes against God’s order, God’s laws the rules are not only broken, people become broken as well.” The apostle Paul was writing to the Galatian Church. He was warning them that if they go back to sin, to the habits they had before saying yes to salvation through Jesus Christ, they were eventually going to reap the consequences of doing that. Pastor Fraily said, Believers need to plan to sow seeds of righteousness to reap a harvest of blessings.”

His last point was that we reap what we sow often later than when we sow. Yes, we live in a time where we want the harvest to be the same day we sow (Audrey’s notes). Audrey noted, “the time between the sowing and the reaping is when deception and discouragement creep into one’s life”. If you are doing something to just see results, not seeing results right away can cause one to become discouraged and stop planting good seeds. Paul wrote, “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” In other words, do not give up and do not get tired of doing good because at the right time you will reap a harvest of blessings. Do not give up praying for that person, do not give up serving, or writing a blog; “stay faithful and continue to plant good seeds while waiting for the harvest” (Audrey’s notes).

Pastor Fraily said, “Mature people love the process of planting good seeds even when they do not see the harvest right away. Persevere! Stay faithful to doing God’s work! If you do, the day is coming when you will hear Lord Jesus say to you, “Well done good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter the joy of your Lord.” (Matthew 25:23).