“But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance”. (Luke 8:15)
Hey Gang: Did it work? I mean did you put on the praise music and sing at the top of your lungs on your way to work? Or were you a sour puss? Do you want God’s blessings? Then you must become a seed planter! But before you choose the kind of seed you want to sow, you need to ponder the truth that you are going to “reap what you sow in the same measure that you give”.
Doctor Luke gave us the pathway to reaping when he wrote the following, “Give first, and then it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure – pressed down, shaken together and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return”. (Luke 6:38)
Notice, there is a very interesting and important -even critical- word in this verse ‘measure’. We find this principle throughout the Bible and used by Jesus. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said that we will be judged in the same ‘measure’ that we judge others and we will be forgiven by Father God in the same ‘measure’ that we forgive others.
Does that sound like our values will determine our choices and our choices our destiny? I think so! God gave us a will and said “go for it”. But keep in mind the old Dutch adage “If yur gunna do what ya always did, yur gunna get what ya always got!”
Soooo, today, within the hour, you will probably have the opportunity to plant a seed. I love to do it at Walmart. A simple smile or “good morning” to the cashier or person stocking the shelves, or at the checkout counter when I let the other guy go first, seems to generate sincere smiles.
And do you want to know a little secret, I enjoy doing these little things because most of the time they bring a smile to the face of the receiver of this sincere gesture. You can see that you have planted the seed of joy into someone’s dreary day. Try it, you might really like it.
Blessings
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