January 3, 2012

HeartWord – 2 Corinthians 9:6

“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”

Begin with a Smile – John Mayer

“I realized you can use a fork as a spoon if you use it rapidly enough.” – John Mayer

Daily Devotional

The Reaping Principle

Galatians 6:7-8

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 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.”

In a lifetime of ministry I have had the opportunity to sit with many couples in counseling. Anytime I do one of our first goals is to discover what is going wrong. Once we identify it, then we can work on fixing it.

Here is the principle that counseling is built upon: “The pain that is felt is the result of something that is sowed.” Pain is merely a time of reaping.

• When Peter saw Jesus, he wept bitterly. (Matthew 26:75). Why? Because the weeping was the reaping of the sowing of denying.
  
• When Judas saw what he had done, he hanged himself. (Matthew 27:5) Why? Because the hanging was the reaping of the sowing of betraying.
  

Even the law of nature says we reap what we sow. The farmer who wants to reap corn, plants corn. If he wants to reap cotton, he plants cotton. To reap beans, he plants beans. It is true with everything that a farmer wants to reap. It is also true in our lives. We read what we sow.

Look at Galatians 6 again. If you do NOT believe that you reap what you sow, then you are either (1) deceived, or (2) you mock God. We all need to understand “a man reaps what he sows.”

If you want to live a great life now, then you need to watch what you sow.

Lonnie Davis

Bible Question

What is the last prayer in the Bible?

Today’s Bible Chapter
is Job 6. To read it click H E R E.

Answer to the Bible Question:

The last mention of prayer is in Revelation 8:4, “The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel’s hand.” The last prayer is in the next to the last verse in the Bible – “Come, Lord Jesus.” (Rev 22:20)

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