“. . . ‘you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this? And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will become snares to you.’”        Judges 2:2-3 NIV

What we are today is the result of what we have been thinking and the way we have lived in the past. Those who act wisely today will have wisdom in the future to make wise decisions. The same is true when we come to the subject of finances. Those who save wisely today will have plenty tomorrow. Those who spend everything they have today will have little or nothing in the future. It is a short-sighted person who thinks only of the now, doing as little as possible, for on payday he will have no way to avoid the poor quality and small quantity of his rewards.

From our text today, we see that the nation of Israel had to learn this in a very personal way. Their waywardness and failure to do what God instructed them to do often placed them in a position where they would not experience His blessing. The Lord gives principles in Scripture to serve as warnings and as encouragement. His Word states, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” (Galatians 6:7). This is an unalterable law that affects everyone in every area of life, family, work and pleasure. Every farmer understands the meaning of this principle: we reap what we sow, more than we sow, and later than we sow.

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord, may we live with an awareness of what we are sowing in our life.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Holy Spirit, make us aware of what we are sowing in this life. Let it always be to the glory and honour of our Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN

I.B.R.A. Readings

Jonah 4:4-11

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