SOWING AND REAPING (PART TWO).

''Do not be deceived and deluded and misled for God will not allow Himself to be sneered at. For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction but he who sows to the Spirit will from it reap eternal life. And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right for in due time and at the appointed season, we shall reap if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint’’

There is no one greater than God. Before the beginning began, God existed. In the beginning of beginnings, God introduced Himself. After the close of the age, you will be surprised to find God there. This is the reason why God is the only one that can predict your future because He is in the future already. A day in front of Him is like a thousand years and a thousand years in front of him can be crystallized into a day. When a personality of that repute like God talks to a man, such a man has to take such God very seriously because even the life of that man hangs around God. He is the one that instituted the law of sowing and reaping and that law has been existential for many generations without losing its results. The law simply states that whatever a man sows shall he reap. Whatever means anything. Sow cowpea and reap cowpea. Sow cassava and reap cassava. Sow financial resources and also reap the same. Sow joy and inspiration to others and also reap the same. God who is the Lord of the harvest will see to it that the sower will always reap what he or she has sown as He can never be mocked or sneered at. He cannot be bribed as whatever/anything a man sows will he also reap.

When God created man, man was essentially a spirit-being. He communicated with man via his spirit. When man fell, man`s spirit was completely/totally dead to God. Man essentially lost his communion with God and man was ruled essentially by the flesh. The flesh gained ascendancy over man`s spirit. The thoughts of hatred, murder, sexual immorality, covetousness, greed and so on which are the works of the flesh replaced the thoughts of joy, peace, love, self-control, long-suffering which are the works of the spirit. The flesh through its works essentially dominated man`s spirit and man became a wicked being. When Christ came into the world, He crucified man`s sinful flesh in His own flesh by His Spirit and Christ`s Spirit (the Holy Spirit) gained His throne back over man`s sinful flesh. The fruit of the Holy Spirit that is fully at work in a born again Christian has the potential to choke the works of the flesh that is also at work in that believer. The Bible states clearly that the flesh wars against the Spirit and the Spirit also wars against the flesh. The battle is going to be on until we have a new body at Christ`s return to the earth. The law of sowing and reaping that God instituted in the beginning also comes into play as regards who will gain ascendancy between the flesh and the Spirit in the life of any Christian. Sow into your spirit while neglecting the flesh and you will reap a Spirit-controlled life and consequently manifest the fruits of the Spirit in an unlimited measure. Sow into your flesh while neglecting your spirit man and you will reap a flesh-controlled life and never manifest the fruits of the recreated human spirit.

The Bible also states clearly that the Christian that is ruled/controlled by the flesh can never please God and can be seen as His enemy. This means the Christian that is controlled by the Spirit will please God and be seen as His friend. We can sow into our spirits by accepting God`s word as the final authority over our lives. This will make us read it, digest it, meditate on it and be active doers of it. This will develop the fruits of the Spirit such as love, joy, peace, self-control, long-suffering and so on in us and in the end, we will also reap eternal life having successfully mortified the deeds of the flesh. Sow into the spirit and reap eternal life and on the other side of the coin, sow into the flesh and reap eternal condemnation/damnation. The enemy is an enemy to anyone who sows continually to his/her spirit while crucifying the flesh and that is the reason it takes commitment, resoluteness and determination to do this. We are expected not to faint, get tired and weary of sowing into our spirits because the Lord of the harvest will surely makes us reap the dividends of our sowings. It is well with us in Jesus precious name. Shalom! Coming straight from my heart of hearts….Dayo Oladapo…www.Facebook.com/pages/Dayo-Oladapo-Official-Page/465259763522821