Sunday Blogvotional: Reaping A Harvest of Nothings

We've often heard the saying "You reap what you sow."  But how often do we really apply this truth to our lives?  We tend to forget in our busy lives that we "sow" daily with our actions.  Each day we're planting the seeds of our future.  

Because we live in a world of delayed consequences we don't always see what we're going to reap right away.  If we became immediately violent after watching a violent movie, we might not watch them.  If we gained 10 pounds immediately after eating a piece of pie, we probably wouldn't eat it.   

So much of what we’ll reap (both good and bad) is spread out over time thus making our daily actions seem much less purposeful - less like sowing seeds for our future and more like random acts of little nothings.  But all the “nothings” add up over time reaping a harvest of what?

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature 

will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the 

Spirit will reap eternal life.

Galations 6:8

Encouragement for the week:  Take a look at what you are sowing in your life.  Is it for earthly pleasures or kingdom rewards.  Maybe it’s time to change a habit or two.