Galatians 6:7-10 Sowing & Reaping 1

I read an interesting story that goes like this.
The phone rang. It was a salesman from a mortgage refinance company. He asked, “Do you have a second mortgage on your home?” “No,” she replied. Continuing his pitch, he asked, “Would you like to consolidate all your debts?”  “I really don’t have any,” she said. Undaunted, he asked once more, “How about freeing up cash for home improvements?”  She quickly said, “I don’t need any. I just recently had some done and paid cash.”  There was a brief silence, and then he asked, “Are you looking for a husband?”
That story reminds me of the text in Galatians 6 that we are talking about today.  Paul tells us about the law of sowing and reaping in verses 7-10.  That mortgage refinance company salesman was sowing seeds.  He was hoping to reap a sale.  He changed directions thinking if he couldn’t reap a sale perhaps he could reap a wife.  The lady on the other end of the line must have been very effective in sowing her financial seeds to have such an effective harvest.  Paul says, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”  Paul talks about the two different kinds of seeds in the field of life and the corresponding harvest.
Sowing to please the sinful nature will reap a harvest of destruction. Paul lists acts of sinful nature in chapter 5:19-21.  19, “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”  It is hard yet very important that we do not sow to satisfy the sinful nature.
The challenge is to sow to please the Spirit.  Sow to please the Spirit. It is renouncing of self and living to God.  It is the laying up of treasures in heaven. It is spoken of as sowing in righteousness.  Paul encourages us in II Corinthians 9:10 “Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness.”  We shoud be Living a life led by and pleasing to the Spirit.  I believe that a life lived in the Spirit is a life lived by the fruit of the Spirit.  Galatians 5:22,23 “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23. gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”  The promise is that from the Spirit we will reap eternal life.
Do you know what eternal life is?  Eternal life is in paradise with Jesus.  Eternal life is in the new heaven and the new earth.  Eternal life is far more than I can describe.
We may not always like nor wish that the law of sowing and reaping is in effect but it is.  So the challenge is to live to please the Spirit and not the desires of sinful nature. Because the results of satisfying the desires of the sinful nature are far worse than the amazing results of pleasing the Spirit.