The Law of the Mall
You know about God’s Law of the Harvest, right? We reap what we sow. When we sow, we prepare the ground to receive the seed. We plant the seed and then water and fertilize . . . weed, water, wait . . . weed, water, wait . . . weed, water, wait . . . for a long time until the seed grows and then finally the harvest comes.
But in our day, we seem to want to live by the Law of the Mall—“I see it, I want it, I’m getting it! NOW!”
Instant gratification. It doesn’t even matter if you don’t have the money. Use your credit card! Everything about our day is fast! Fast food! Breaking news! Fast cars! Communication at our very fingertips! We get impatient when we have to wait for anything.
Does the Lord work that way? Not usually.
Why not?
Isn’t there more to be gained when we work for something over a period of time? We value the things we give our effort to. The things of the spirit are valuable, godly even, and not to be trifled with or disrespected or unappreciated. God needs to see how badly we want those things. Are we willing and patient enough to plant the seed in our heart then water, weed and wait . . . “wait upon the Lord.”
Choose ye this day which law you want to follow.
God’s harvest is not now. But it will be worth the wait!
Scripture references to sowing and reaping
2 Kings 19:29: “This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”
Job 4:8: “Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.”
Psalms 126:5: “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Proverbs 22:8: “He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.”
Hosea 10:12: “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”
John 4:36: “And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.”
2 Corinthians 9:6: “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”
Galatians 6:7-8: “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.”
DC 6:33: “Fear not to do good, my sons, for whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye also reap; therefore, if ye sow good ye shall also reap good for your reward.”
~ Sister Pat Barton