“Those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same” (Job 4:8). But the striking thing is this: we are not only the sowers; we are also the field of harvest!
Carlyle wrote: “One cannot do a mean thing or think a base thought without becoming like the thing he thinks or does.… A miser not only scrapes his fingers to the bone in raking together his money, he hardens his heart to the core.… He who cheats, is cheating himself worse than all others. The thief steals from himself; the liar turns himself into a living lie; the profligate is his own victim. The man who attempts to injure his neighbor only succeeds in injuring himself. The wrong that he does his own soul is ten times more severe and lasting than any evil he can inflict on others.”
We have two seed bags available today: “He who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life” (Gal 6:8). Lord, help me be a wise sow-and-sow today.