You Reap What You Sow | Bible Study on Sowing and Reaping
so today I wanted to study about reaping and sowing a few weeks ago I did a Bible
study on seed and harvest and I feel like this kind of goes along with that
in a way so Galatians 6:7 it says do not be deceived God cannot be mocked
a man reaps what he sews so as usual let's break it down a little bit so when
I did that Bible study on reaping and sowing the word talks a lot about where
we plant our seed and according to where our seed is planted is how what type of
fruit will be produced if you haven't watched that video I definitely
recommend watching that first but basically the Bible talks about
different types of soil that your seed can be planted in and so if we plant our
seed into deception the soil of deception meaning following false
doctrine false teachers believing things that are not conducive to our eternal
life and don't align with the Bible and what Jesus taught so we need to be
careful at the things that we listen to and also more importantly if someone is
sharing something with you even me even me as you're listening to this Bible
study go back into the Word of God and read it for yourself and study it for
yourself because really if we use the Bible as our own measure in our lives
then you will avoid this deception and then it says God cannot be mocked so
there's nothing in this world that can imitate the greatness of God he is
unmatchable by anything oftentimes when people are deceived by the things of the
world so when people get caught up in money and you know that flashy laughs
lifestyle things that don't really matter at the end of the day they are
putting those things you know they're kind of idling those things right idling
money and material things in a big house and a nice job and even though they put
those things on a pedestal because what you prioritize is what you ultimately
worship cannot ever take the place of God that cannot be mocked
so whatever you put first in your life is your God and the Bible even talks
about us putting you know things as idols in our lives I mean even your
children your kids can be an idol in your life if you are idolizing your kids
and putting them on this pedestal and you know putting them before your
relationship with God and I'm not saying to obviously you know take care of your
children and love them but God is first always he is above everyone else your
children your spouse everything and once he's first in your life just has so much
of a more consistent and stable flow but that's a totally different video but you
know no matter so no matter what we try to analyze and put above our
relationship with God God cannot be mocked and at the end of the day that
will never fulfill his place in our lives a man reaps what he sews and I
think this is so vital to today's society people today are so incredibly
self-centered and selfish and including myself sometimes you know I could be
very selfish at times and God is saying you know whatever we
put in is what we will get out and what do I mean by that so you can think of
this different ways first thing that comes to my mind is with your health if
you exercise and eat well then you will be healthier you'll feel better if you
take care of your body you will reap those benefits by just feeling better
and typically living a longer life of course as with everything in life you
there's always balance so that doesn't mean that you can't ever eat a cookie
ever again for the rest of your life but it's all about balance exercise sleeping
drinking water and you know having a good balanced nutrition you will reap
the benefits of that physically in your relationship with God one question that
I get asked so much not only personally but just otherwise in life is how do I
hear from God and honestly you just have to put the time in to your relationship
with God I've been a Christian since I was in ninth grade ninth grade is when I
got saved and I'll be turning 30 this year so so that's about 15 or 16 years
that I've been saved and I feel like not until maybe two years ago in my
relationship with God I have such a drastic change and that came through
studying the word in particular putting the time in your relationship with God
allows you to be so in tune with what God wants you to
do I mean I am a living proof of this and one day I'll share that story but
just trust me if you want to hear from God and you want to know what God wants
you to do in your life draw near to him and he will definitely
talk to you in ways that you know will blow your mind and then the third way
that I can think of right now is relationships how you treat others is
huge the Bible talks a lot about love and treating others with love and so one
thing that I noticed even in my own marriage for example I've been married
for nine years so far and in the beginning of my marriage I used to try
and kind of manipulate situations so that my husband would change I wanted
him to change but what I didn't realize was I can't you know we can't change
people only they have to choose to change for themselves and so when I
started treating him with more love and more respect the dynamics of our
relationship changed drastically it's almost as if we try to outdo each other
you know how many how can we do more for each other
and he's amazing I mean I'm so lucky that goes for friendships too I have a
really amazing friend and we've known each other for years and I continuously
pour into her life and she continuously pours into my life it's like we're
constantly trying to outdo each other if you want better friends then be a better
friend if you want a better relationship with your spouse then be a better spouse
to your spouse if you're trying to get things out of people but you're not
living up to those standards yourself then you know how do you expect to have
those things around you if you're not living up to your own standards I hope I
explained that okay a lot of times I've even been asked how
did you finish nursing school despite working and having a child I studied you
know yes God helped me through so much and I definitely couldn't have done it
without His grace but I also wouldn't have done it if I didn't put the time in
you know God does help us through hard times but we also need to do our part
and I studied I had no no social life whatsoever
I mean I would have studied flashcards and even if we're going to the grocery
store be reading my flashcards like I when I
tell you I studied it was non-stop on my lunch break every single second I had I
was studying and that's how I got through nursing school despite working
and having a child so it's the same concept what you put into something is
what you will get out of it that goes for attitudes too if you have
a negative attitude about something then that thing in your life you're gonna
look at it negatively and even if you feel like you've been sowing and sowing
and sowing and you don't see those benefits of whatever you're doing
reaping in your life you know sometimes we don't reap everything here on this
earth if you look at the life of John the Baptist for example he lived a life
that was so admirable he was a martyr and you know he died for Christ and
someone can look at his life and easily say well you know he definitely sowed a
good crop a good harvest but but what did he reap from it and I feel like you
know the Bible also says that God will reward us not only here on earth but
also in heaven so we have to have an eternal mindset rather than an earthly
mindset so if there's anything in your life that you would like to change and
like to improve and you wish it was different maybe it is feeling healthier
feeling better or maybe it's your walk with God
or maybe it's relationship to relationship with a spouse or you want
to have better friends or you want to develop a relationship with a sibling
whatever it is however you treat people what you sow is what you will read so
whatever it is that you're looking for put the time into it and let's try to
focus to have an eternal mindset rather than an earthly and even i selfish minds
and for application for myself personally how can I do more for others
I feel like sometimes I forgive people but then when I want to do something
really nice for someone I kind of think back to some way that they've hurt me
and I don't want to be like that as tough as it is I you know when we
forgive we should move on and let go and the Bible says to remember no more what
that person has done so I need to go back
andrey study forgiveness probably but I really want to reflect on how can I do
more for the people in my life and you know another thing that I do
want to mention is don't do things for people so that they can do something for
you just genuinely do things for other people have those good motives you know
where you want to put other people first in your life because I found so much joy
from making other people happy than trying to make myself happy so that's it
for today's video I hope you enjoyed it and I will see you on Wednesday for
another video