“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” Galatians 6:7-8
The word “reap” means to “receive a reward or benefit as a consequence of one’s own or other people’s actions.”
When someone goes to work, they will be rewarded for their time. They spend 40 hours a week at their job, and at the end of the week, they reap a reward-a paycheck.
Or someone who plants a garden will spend hours planting and watering their plants, until one day the plants reach maturity and the gardener receives the reward for their effort.
The Bible teaches that the wages of sin is death, meaning that if you are going to live a life of sin then you are going to reap your reward, which is eternal damnation. When you plant a corn seed, you will receive back an ear of corn. Likewise, those who sow sin, they are going to reap back the end product-punishment in Hell.
If someone is going to do evil to their neighbor, they are going to receive the same back to them.
“Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.” Job 4:8
“He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.” Psalm 7:15-16
Look at what happened to Haman in the book of Esther. Haman was promoted above all the other princes in the kingdom, and all of the servants in the king’s gate bowed before him and revered him. Except Mordecai, which upset Haman greatly. Now, Mordecai was a Jew and Haman’s hatred of Mordecai was so great that he sought to destroy all of the Jews that were in the kingdom. Well eventually his hatred became so great that he had a gallows made specifically to hang Mordecai on. As Haman was going to go talk to the king one night, the king couldn’t sleep, so he commanded that the book of records be read to him. In it, it was recorded that Mordecai had told of a couple of the king’s chambelains (an official that manages a royal household) had conspired to kill the king.
Nothing had been done to reward Mordecai. And appropiately enough, it was now that Haman came to the king to ask that Mordecai be hanged. Here’s the rest of the passage.
“And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.” Esther 6:3-12
And then it was in the next chapter that is was exposed that Haman wanted to hang Mordecai on a gallows that he had made specifically for him, and the king commanded that Haman be hanged on his own gallows.
So you see, Haman intended evil against Mordecai, but it came right back upon him. He truly reaped what he sowed.
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Luke 6:38
If you do good, and walk in God’s teachings, He will reward you. You just need to continue everyday. Don’t get tired of doing good things, and God will reward you.
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9
“Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.” Ephesians 6:8
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 