Post by humble angel on Sept 7, 2009 1:40:01 GMT -5
Brothers and Sisters,
You see farmers working hard in their fields, planting the seeds, utilizing their crops, hoeing and tending to the soil,and doing all this with a love in their heart that only the farmer can understand. And in the end of the growing season, they carefully pick the most beautiful fruits of their labor, covered with a kiss of the morning dew.
But what kind of fruit do you think would come out of a crop that was planted and never tended to, forcing it to fend for it's self. Leaving it to struggle to fight for the precious water that the powerful weeds take from the tender plants that were put there to provide us with food?
Truthfully you get nothing from a field that was not tended to. Not nurtured or fed and not cared for. But did you know that that same result can stem from how we care for our own selves in life, how we sow the future of our soul?
What doe God say...
Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Point to ponder...
When people just accept what is going on in this world today as "normal" going with the flow so to speak, they are not sowing good spiritual seeds in life. And therefore will reap only corruption and not the fruit of everlasting life.
To sin is not normal. I may be common but it is not normal. Because God created this world out of total and complete goodness, nothing that is corrupt and sinful is not normal and not what God wants from us no matter how much we are subjected to it.
Just as a young person who has never smoked pot in their life, being raise to understand that it is totally wrong to do, they go out with their friends to a party, and throughout that entire event have that same joint shoved into their face until they give into it. When the first think they should have done was leave that party, because to stay is to allow themselves eventually to give in and conform to what is going on in that room that they know is wrong.
Application part....
1. Don't kid yourself when it comes to knowing right from wrong, by making up excuses to ease your conscience. Because God sees and knows all things.
2. The day you accepted Jesus as your personal Savior, you were accountable for your choices in life, remember that.
3. Now if you feel that you were not responsible for your choices the day you became a Born Again Christian, you in truth did not know what you were doing then, and you did not become a Born Again Christian that day.
4. Sadly many people go through the motions of salvation without fully understanding what becoming Born Again truly means, be it because they are just to young or have not been fully informed as to what is required of you as a Born Again Christian, before, during and after that life changing moment in your life.
5 Because you are to be giving up your old sinful ways and habits, and non christian friends is part of your repenting. You are now living and walking for the Lord, and not them.
2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Thessalonians 3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
6 . Know that the sowing of your seeds in life begins at the moment you obtain salvation. that was the moment you took responsibility for your sins before the Lord, and asked Him to wash them away.
7. Thus the old you died and the new you in Christ now lives.
8 . So the choice gets harder now. What kind of seeds of life are you willfully going to sow now that you are a child of God?
9. Know that the good righteous seeds will draw you into the Lord's loving arms, while the unrighteous seeds separate you from them.
10 . Remember that you did not become Born Again to experience any part of your old life, and become once again separated from the Lord, but to be closer to Him than ever before!
11. And finally, always stay in the Word of God daily, for that is where you not only draw strength from to resist temptation, but that is where you extend your wisdom, knowledge and Christian education, so you can be victorious in this life until the Lord calls you home.
Let us pray...
Father,
It is Your wisdom and knowledge I seek so i may continue to grow stronger as I plant my seeds in life, reaping only the fruit of righteousness. I want this to be my legacy to my children and their children children. But FatherI cannot do this without You. Because I am a sinner i need Your forgiveness and guidance in my life.
Father, Because no matter what my age may be, I still stumble and fall in my walk with You, but want so much to be a better person not only because of you, but a better person in You. I praise and thank You for this gift of Your always being willing to lend me Your ear, Your love and Your forgiveness. And for this I am not worthy but grateful. In Jesus precious name, Amen!
God bless you always.
Carol
1 Corinthians 6:16-18 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Thanks sis!!
Diane