MEMORY VERSE: Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.Psalm 51:5
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 37-40
What we reap was planted either naturally or purposely either by God or by man for either positive or negative results. We reap the good others have sown. We reap blessings because of what God has done on our behalf. One of the blessings we reap is that of common grace. God is gracious towards all men whether they realize it or not, or whether they give Him thanks for His blessings. Another blessing we reap as a result of what God has done on our behalf is that of salvation grace. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Regardless of man’s lack of thankfulness, God has given man the greatest gift of all in His Son who became man that we might have live by faith in Him.
We reap blessings of what others have done on our behalf. It was some missionaries who labored to bring Christianity to Africa and other parts of the world, and we are reaping blessings from their labour of love. Any honest study of Western civilization will admit that the blessings being enjoyed in the Western world today, of freedom, of law, of ministering to the suffering, the poor and the like, are all the by-products of Christianity and their godly heritage. Take for instance USA. It rests upon four cornerstones: the English Bible, the English language, the common law, and the traditional liberty. But, liberty, language, and the law were drawn from the Bible. Without the Bible, USA will not have become what she is today and when she loses its guidance and wisdom, she will be USA no more. Being a good Christian model is a form of sowing that can result in reaping Christ like changes in the lives of others.
Just as we reap the good others have sown, we also reap the wrong others have sown both before us and around us. Firstly, we reap from some of the wrong things our parents have done.Numbers14:18 says, “The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.” We may not want to hear this but it is the truth , just as our children and the next generation will reap from the good we are sowing, they will also reap the wrong we are sowing today. Secondly, we all reap from the sin of Adam and we pass that along to our children. This means not only a sinful nature, but things children can learn like how to be critical from a fault-finding parent. Psalm 51:5 says, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me” Thirdly, we reap of the wrong of foolish and corrupt leaders and the consequences of a decaying society. Just as our children and the next generation will reap from the good our fore fathers have done, unfortunately they will also reap from the wrong our fore fathers have done have done. Just as our children and the next generation will reap a lot of good things from the good education we are giving to them now, sadly, they will reap a lot of not-so-good things from our unfaithfulness to God and to ourselves, destruction of natural resources, etc.
NOTE: Our children and the people around us will reap from our relationship with the Lord. Just as we reap from the good things others have done, we also reap from the bad things they have done. People will reap from the good we are doing today, and the bad things we are doing. As such, we must do good and run from everything that God hates.
PRAYER POINTS: Father, please have mercy.
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