Deception

Galatians 6:7-10

Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.

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Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

"Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who"

You reap what you so, what a sentence. Simple isn't it, what you plant you harvest. What you do will come back to you with dividends. The thing we miss about the reaping and sowing is that when we plant one seed, we get more than one seed in return, we get dozens and hundreds.

Plant an grain of wheat, the head will have tens of seeds on it. Plant a grain of corn, the cob will have hundreds of seeds. Plant an apple tree and thousands of apples can follow. Plant an olive tree, a tree that can live for a thousand years, and you will get millions of olives. What we plant will be reaped in droves.

So if we plant evil, we will get evil back again and again and again. It's easy to do what's not good for us, and the fruit can be tasty, but it will leave a sour stomach and a tremendous hangover. But if we sow to the Spirit, we will reap eternal life from the Spirit. What we receive is life worth living.

This shouldn't be news. In one way or another we all know this is true. Some learn it when they are young at their parent's knee. Some learn it again in Sunday School and in church. Some actually learn it in school-whether in class or playing at recess. Some learn this lesson in the streets where the pain of the lesson leaves physical scars. Then again, some who learn this lesson at home come away with scars that can't be seen with the naked eye. Some of us don't bother to learn it until it is learned behind bars. Even worse, some will never learn on this side of glory.

One thing hasn't changed though, the boss. The Creator is the ultimate judge. Humanity was created to be in relationship with God and with one another. We are called to a life of peace and joy. The Lord is our God. The Lord is the boss. Christians testify to the God in Three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit- the Blessed Trinity. Living together since before the beginning of creation, this is the new boss, just the same as the old boss.

It is by through the boss that we have an opportunity to work for the good of all, especially for those of the family of faith. So plant the good seed of faith in relationship with God and with one another. This is seed worth growing.