Another day another agricultural reference.  Have you ever thought about a farmer sowing seed?  There is actually a lot of work that goes into sowing a seed.  You must prepare the ground, place the seed into the right spot in the ground.  Then you must water and feed the seed as it grows allowing it to get sun and also keep weeds away and birds away from eating the seed.  Our point today is that there is work that is put in.  Paul wants to ask us all where are we “sowing our seed”?  Are we putting work in to pleasing our own flesh?  Or are we working to please the Spirit within us?  Let’s look at his words together today from Galatians 6.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

Paul offers us encouragement to keep up the hard work of sowing to please the Spirit.  He wants us to not grow weary in this task because there is a harvest that awaits.  Just like the farmer that puts in all that work to reap the harvest at the end.  When we sow a life by the Spirit our life will produce the fruit of the Spirit.  We will have lives that build others up.  Lives that are filled with the love of God and others.  We will witness God using us to help others draw near to God and then we will experience generational fruit.  I pray that God would grant guys all this blessing.  Press on and do the work of sowing a life by the Spirit!

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave