Galatians 6:2-10 (New International Version)
   
2. Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, 5. for each one should carry his own load. 6. Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor. 7. Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

Wouldn’t life be a lot easier if you could blame everything bad that happens on someone or something other than yourself?  It’s my parents’ fault, it’s my past, my boss, my circumstances, my temperament, or . . . whatever.  But Scripture is perfectly clear on that point:  “Do not be deceived . . . whatever one sows, that will he also reap” (Galatians 6:7).

Whatever you sow, you reap. This sowing and reaping principle comes from life on the farm. Seasons of planting and watering and weeding turn into seasons of harvest. The farmer reaps what he has sown.

So what have you been planting?  What seeds have you sown in your marriage, in your kids, in your finances, in your walk with God?  If you planted corn, don’t expect wheat to come up.  Whatever you’ve planted is what’s coming up.  As hard as it is to accept, the harvest you are reaping, good or bad, springs from the choices you have made.