May 2
SPIRITUAL SOWING
"He that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting" Gal. 6:8
Sowing looks like a losing business, for we put good corn into the
ground never to see it any more. Sowing to the Spirit seems a very
fanciful, dreamy business; for we deny ourselves, and apparently get
nothing for it. Yet if we sow to the Spirit by studying to live unto
God, seeking to obey the will of God, and laying ourselves out to
promote His honor, we shall not sow in vain. Life shall be our reward,
even everlasting life. This we enjoy here as we enter into the
knowledge of God, communion with God, and enjoyment of God. This life
flows on like an ever-deepening, ever-widening river, till it bears us
to the ocean of infinite felicity, where the life of God is ours for
ever and ever.
Let us not this day sow to our flesh, for the harvest will be
corruption, since flesh always tends that way; but with holy
self-conquest let us live for the highest, purest, and most spiritual
ends, seeking to honor our most holy Lord by obeying His most gracious
Spirit. What a harvest will that be when we reap life everlasting!
What sheaves of endless bliss will be reaped! What a festival will
that harvest be! Lord, make us such reapers, for thy Son's sake.