My experience shows
that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the
same. - Job 4:8 (NLT)
Finding a name for a puppy can be
quite the challenge for some. For Harold, it took nearly three weeks
for him to decide on a name and when all was said and done, he named
his puppy Muffy. And everyday, for three weeks after
that, he made sure to tell everyone he saw what his puppies name was.
With his new puppy to play with,
Harold, believe it or not, managed to stay out of trouble for several
months. Every day he would come home from school and from the time
he got home till bed time he played with his little puppy. And when
bed time rolled around he would snuggle up to Muffy and fall asleep.
All of this would have been great but
there was a slight problem, Muffy didn't stay small. Over the
following months, Muffy started to grow and grow and grow. After
doing some research, Harold learned that his little Muffy was a St.
Bernard and when he learned how big they could get, he double gulped
and started to wonder if he had made a big mistake in keeping him.
By the following summer Muffy had
grown from a little adorable puppy into a 175 pound 5 foot long
monster of a dog. Muffy still slept on Harold's bed but now Harold
was sleeping on the floor. When it came time to eat, Muffy was even
out eating Harold, and Harold wasn't to happy with that but he didn't
think he would win an argument against his dog.
In a way, Harold's dog was becoming
just like him. He ate and slept a lot, He was somewhat lazy and made
big messes and just like Harold he caused lots of problems. In fact,
Harold was getting into more trouble because of Muffy than he was
getting into on his own.
“I thought St. Bernard's were
suppose to be saints?” Harold mentioned to his grandpa one day,
“Muffy has been anything but a saint.” “Sounds like he's
growing up to be just like his owner.” Harold's Grandpa replied. “I
believe you're reaping what you've sown.”
“Sew!” Harold said with disgust.
“What does Muffy have to do with sewing? - Sewing is for girls!”
“Where is Muffy anyway?” Robert asked. “He's, He's..” Harold
said as he looked around, “No! He's in to the garbage cans again.
I'll never get caught up picking up trash.” Yep.” Robert
laughed, “He's just like his owner.”
I have written many adventures for
Harold and even when he tries to be good he seems to find a way to
get in trouble and when a person always causes trouble, sooner or
later trouble will catch up to them. Of course reaping what we sow
doesn't always apply to the bad we do but can apply to the good we
do as well. - Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever
a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh
will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the
Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So we must not get
tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t
give up. - Galatians 6:7-9 (HCSB)
Jesus shows this principal in a couple
stories
- Luke 16:19-25 - Jesus said, "There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed and who lived each day in luxury. At his door lay a diseased beggar named Lazarus. As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man's table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores. Finally, the beggar died and was carried by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and his soul went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Lazarus in the far distance with Abraham. "The rich man shouted, `Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in these flames.' "But Abraham said to him, `Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish. (NLT)
- Matthew 25:31-40 - "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' (NASB)
Some times we reap what we sow within
minutes or hours. Other times we may wait for weeks, months or years.
Sometimes we may wait a lifetime and still not reap what we've sown
but a day is coming when we will stand before the judgment seat of
God. For there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the
just judge of all the world, will judge all people according to what
they have done. He will give eternal life to those who persist in
doing what is good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality
that God offers. But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those
who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and practice
evil deeds. There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps
on sinning—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. But there
will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good—for
the Jew first and also for the Gentile. - Romans 2:5-10 (NLT)
Here's Something To Ponder
- Do you look forward to reaping what you have sown?
- Are you willing to live differently if you're not?
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