Definition:
to cut and collect a crop: to get something, usually something good, as a result of your actions or the action of others.
Scriptures:
Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Galatians 6:7-9
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 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. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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Definition: to cut and collect a crop: to get something, usually something good, as a result of your actions or the action of others.
Scriptures: Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.Galatians 6:7-9Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 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. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
THOUGHT
As part of my youth, I witnessed the fervor that my grandfather exuded when planting his crop specifically on Good Friday. It was part of the aura around the celebration of Easter when we all looked forward to the Eastern Stars, Masons, Heroines of Jericho and other groups marching through town in their regalia to attend the Palm Sunday service.
Although the marshmallow chocolate bunny, the Easter egg hunt and the Easter basket were a part of the celebration, we were taught that the significance of the day was to acknowledge and honor the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ. Intertwined with those traditions was symbolism of the importance of relationship with our Lord and Savior and each other.
The planting of herbs and vegetables on Good Friday, was symbolic of how God replenishes the earth to feed us. The congregation of the masonic family symbolized the unity of the community of man in which we belonged. The recitation of speeches and reenactments of the crucifixion was symbolic of the importance of our relationship to Christ, as we instructed our children in the oral tradition of our ancestors.
Our church choirs and congregations sang “He Arose”, “That Old Rugged Cross”, “Were You There”, “At the Cross” and so many other traditional “Easter Songs”, that are now rarely sung in our congregations.
Elders taught the glory in the sacrifice of Christ for our redemption. We were taught the power of personal sacrifice by our leaders who encouraged self-less service to God and each other. We were taught the word of God as we saw our parents witness, pray for and support one another, sowing seeds of love, grace, hope, peace and long suffering. The power of the Word of God was exemplified through those family and community traditions.
Today, we are sowing more to the material demands of society than to the spiritual needs of humanity. Even God’s representatives show themselves to be more concerned about keeping possessions, power, and autonomy than in sharing and allowing the love of God to flow in order to bless others. It is every person for themselves.
Traditions have been accepted as unnecessary and are negatively considered indoctrination. Yet, without them we are sowing to the selfish human nature rather than to the self-less nature of God. As a result, society is reaping division, chaos, confusion, isolationism, and potential annihilation. Yet, humanity longs for, and is crying out for peace.
How is it possible to reap a world of peace when we have chosen to only sow seeds of corruption? Can a farmer reap a harvest of pineapples if he has only planted onion seeds?
The law of God is clear and irrefutable… “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 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. And let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.”