The law of sowing and reaping is very real

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15: It is true that rain falls on the just and the unjust. Yes, just as the sun shines on all, life circumstances also happen to all. 

Life is filled with good and bad times. 

Hence, you may ask why you ought to be a Christian. I mean, why would you find ‘safety’ in a relationship with the Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, when you are still going to experience difficulties in life?

Well, here it is. Everyone will go through difficulty, yet all will not go through the very same way. 

You see, those who have Jesus Christ as their refuge and strength, can find refuge and strength in times when they are weakened by life’s circumstances. 

So you see, it is not that Christians do not experience challenges; Christians simply and wonderfully have Jesus while in the challenge. What does that mean? 

It means that no matter what the experience is, the mindset of the child of God is that it is simply a matter of time before God brings him or her through.

2 Kings 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

In this scripture, the Prophet Elisha experienced a famine, a dry spell in his life. Strange, for while Elisha had performed miracles by God’s power and had provided food and a surplus for the widow woman and her sons, he was now in need himself. 

Strange, for Elisha had the ability to hook up with the power of God, however he was powerless in that particular situation.

Could God meet the need? Could God have kept Elisha from getting in the situation in the first place? 

Sure. Absolutely. So, why was the story written?  

The account is recorded in the pages of the Bible as a basic lesson for those who are trusting in God as they experience dearth situations.

Here is the principle of the matter: what you sow you will reap.

You see Elisha had sown sons. Up to that point, Elisha had taken care of the widow’s sons. They were about to be taken into servitude, a type of slavery, so that they could pay off a debt. 

Elisha ministered that those sons were not going to become slaves to any situation or any person. 

Through God‘s guidance, Elisha counselled and advised the widow. When the widow obeyed, she and her sons were blessed.

Elisha had also provided a son in that he had spoken prophetically and accurately that a motherless wife would have a child. 

Elisha had spoken forth a gift into that woman and her husband’s life. 

In other words, one more time Elisha added joy to a home and removed the burden from the home.

Hence, Elisha had sown good works. Elisha had sown those things that only benefited others.  

Therefore, as Elisha was now teaching his ‘sons’, the prophets in training and it was his duty to be a responsible ‘father’, Elisha had to deal with that challenging situation.

Since Elisha had ‘made it happen’ for others, God was about to make it happen for him. 

2 Kings 4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

While one of the ‘sons’ had mistakenly added a toxic ingredient to the pot, which would result in death, and since Elisha caused death to be still in the life of the widow woman, God would now provide the very same for him. 

The law of sowing and reaping is real. Hence, you ought to plant as much good as possible, because you surely desire good to return back to you. 

Giving has been given a bad rap. 

Yet, those who are givers receive the most joy out of giving. 

Why? The principle of sowing and reaping affirms such; for as much as they gave, they actually got back more. 

What you make happen for the next person God will cause to make happen for you.