Understanding the Sabbath
Today’s Focus: The Principal of Sowing: Two Fields
Scripture: Proverbs 18:21; Galatians 6:7-9
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
I know this seems to be the long way around but all of this is important to understanding how we bring our soul to rest and understanding the truth about the Sabbath. Like I said in the beginning if we look at the church today, for the majority, many are not at rest but under stress, strife and confusion. But let’s look at the principal of sowing because one of the most important parables is about sowing. What is sowing? Sowing is giving, dispersing or distribution of something that will produce a harvest. Jesus in Matthew 13:18-23 tells the parable of a sower that sows seeds in a field and depending upon the ground that the seed landed on,, there was a subsequent reaction or yield. Either it was stolen, did not take root, choked by the weeds or yielded much fruit. Now we know Jesus is not just drawing a picture but also presenting a principal and that principal is the principal of sowing. This principal is understood by many as “whatsoever you sow, you shall reap”. Now many people say this to justify or condemn a person but do we truly understand the sowing part. Usually we only hear this when there is wrong doing but what does the Word of God say?
Galatians 6:7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap
Now we hear people quote this scripture ALL THE TIME. But how many of us have read past this because many times we will read one scripture and the punch line or the thing that God is saying is in the very next scripture. So let’s read the next verse and watch this:
Galatians 6:8,9: 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
Do we see this? Paul starts off with a very important and powerful statement and that is “DO NOT BE DECIEVED, GOD IS NOT MOCKED”. When you sow something in the earth, in due season you will reap whatever you sow. However, Paul tells us there are two fields that seeds can be sown on. God says that you can sow to the flesh or you can sow to the Spirit. Keep in mind, whichever one you sow to you will reap the fruit of that seed. So seeds are not just earthly objects but also spiritual realities that will produce and yield what is sown.
Proverbs 18:21: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
So even to the very words that you say, you are sowing into the earth and what you sow, you shall reap. This is why music can be a good thing and a bad thing. Depends upon the heart of the one who produces the song and the lyrics.
In the next message, we will look at sowing into the field of the flesh.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
