Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - #
284
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It is interesting to really stop and ponder the
immediate, overall, and/or long-lasting impact of God’s various laws. And far too many misinterpret and allow a
wrong impact to affect their life.
Michael draws our attention to one given law, and
how some live in defeat due to not understanding God. And, as always, he gives us some good thoughts
to consider for turning to God for victory over fleshly problems.
See if this scenario has ever happened to you, or
to someone you know…
DAY 251
Sowing
and Reaping
Sow for yourselves
righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed
ground; for it is time to seek the Lord. --Hosea 10:12
Coming from a farming
community, I have sat on a tractor more than once and thought how nice it would
be if we did not have to do that every year. Every farmer knows the truth that he cannot sow once and
then keep reaping for the next seventy years. The effects of sowing and reaping
last for one season. Therefore, if we were to apply this principle to consequences, we
could readily see that they, too, are for a season. Sow to the flesh and
reap to the flesh; sow to the spirit and reap to the spirit. Galatians 6:8, “For the one who sows
to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall
from the Spirit reap eternal life.” However, a person cannot sow to the
Spirit once and expect to reap the consequences of that act for the rest of his
life. The same is true for the flesh. If one sows to the flesh, for that season
he will reap flesh. The
answer is to start sowing to the Spirit in this season and the next, so in that
way each new season will bring something new, beautiful, fresh, and living to
reap, rather than by sowing to the flesh and reaping death.
It makes no sense that a Christian would commit a stupid
act of the flesh and God would keep him under bondage, placing him for the rest
of his life in a new category entitled “Second-class Believer”!
Again, if it were possible to commit one sin that would cause suffering the
rest of his life, then it would also be possible to commit one act of
righteousness that would carry a person through his whole life. But abiding is for the moment, the
season. God is not
interested in punishing us for the rest of our lives. Often believers
think everything that goes wrong is a consequence of a past mistake, like
marrying the “wrong” person, succumbing to temptation and sin, or betraying a
loved one. Very likely it
is not the past that is causing misery, but today’s walking in the flesh.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
OK, how many of us recognized this scenario and quickly admitted a
personal experience, or acknowledged someone else’s fling?
Sowing and reaping. A simple law,
correct? With many optional issues of
sowing and many optional issues of reaping, correct? What is about these familiar words of God
that we do not seem to “connect” with?
Each of us has to take Michael’s discipleship to heart, and make some
choices about our past, our present, and our future. Correct sowing on our part yields a spiritual
harvest from God. But we must keep one
thing in mind: WE are the ones who do whatever SOWING. God only enters into the reaping.
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