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Sowing to the Spirit: A Meditation on Galatians 6:8
In this reflective video, we explore the profound message in Galati… (visit YouTube for more)
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Beloved brothers and sisters, if we don’t get this one right, this verse that we’re going to meditate on today, what sorrow do we experience? Galatians six verse eight: For the one who sows to his own flesh, will from the flesh, reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit from the Spirit reap eternal life.
What are the things that we can do that cause the flesh within us to grow, to surface, to gain dominance? There are so many things that we can spend our time thinking on, looking at, talking about, that cause corruption in us.
They could be films, books, poor company, awful things on social media that to us at the time seem desirable and pleasant. But we know if we’re honest with ourselves that if Jesus were standing right next to us, we wouldn’t do or say or think any of these things.
If we keep sowing these things into us, over the course of our life, we will head into disaster. And I know that many of you watching this know this to be true from difficult personal experience.
So the counterpoint here is sowing to the Spirit. We know how to do this. We are doing this right now as we meditate on the word of God. Let us then be in that discipline of sowing consistently to our spirit rather than to our flesh so that we can reap that incredible reward of eternal life.
This is not a gospel of works, but this is a gospel of outcomes. When we sow good things, good things return. When we sow evil things, evil things return and grow. My friends, let us choose the better option.
Our Lord God, you know the evil that is within us. Please help us to sow into our spirit good things from you that honour and glorify you God, that your will is done and your name glorified in our life and on this earth.
Amen.
