Comment: It is an incontrovertible fact of life that it is what one sows that he reaps, that like produces like. The seed of corn can never produce groundnut or pepper. (Matt 7:16-20) Used figuratively, the principle of sowing and reaping illustrates the correspondence between moral action and its consequences. The assertion that we shall all reap what we sow is both a charge, an exhortation and a warning about the inevitable and immutable judgement of God. It is said that when one sows an act, he reaps a habit, if he sows a habit, he reaps a character: what he sows by way of character determines his future. The Bible says, “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings (Proverbs 5:21) Jehovah the Almighty Father gives to “…every one according to the fruit of his doing”, “For there is no respect of persons with God”- Jeremiah 32:19; Romans 2:11.
We must support the work of God by sowing as many seeds of righteousness as we can muster and then can we expect to reap corresponding harvests of blessings and, above all, eternal life in the end. Hosea the Prophet admonished: “Sow to yourself in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you” – Hosea 10:12.