Last Sunday, the pastor referred to this list of cause/effect principles that anyone in an agrarian society (such as first century Palestine) would understand without discussion. They might not be quite so intuitive today.
1) We reap only what has been sown. Nothing comes up by itself except - weeds.
2) We reap the same kind as we sow. You plant corn, you get corn, not beans.
3) We reap in a different season than we sow. Results of our decisions, good or bad, are seldom immediate.
4) We always reap more than we sow. A little, planted, usually yields a lot.
5) We reap in proportion to what we sow. The more the activity, the more the result.
6) We will harvest the full harvest of the good only if we perservere. (through drought, weeds, pests, etc...)
7) We can't do anything about last year's harvest, but we can do something about this year's harvest. (But even then, some things remain outside our control.)
So... what am I harvesting in my life right now? And what will I harvest later on?
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."
----- Galatians 6:7-9
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