We reap what we sow, not only in our gardens, but in our lives. Scripture affords many illustrations of this. Jacob deceived his father who was old and could not see, but Jacob was then deceived by the father of Leah. Jacob’s sons sold Joseph into Egypt, but they also had to go into Egypt afterwards. They saw the anguish of their brother when they sold him to the Midianite slave traders, but they were made to feel anguish before Joseph afterwards. Abimelech slew his seventy brethren on one stone, and he was himself slain by having a piece of a millstone cast upon his head. King Saul spared Agag, the Amalekite, and finally an Amalekite took away his life. David wronged the wife of Uriah and slew her husband, but he lived to see his son Amnon wrong Tamar and then Amnon slain by Absalom. In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, there the dogs licked the blood of Ahab. As we sow, so we reap is the general principle of God’s government in this world. However, sometimes He may come and show mercy and not reward us according to our deserts. When the Lord Jesus suffered for us on the cross, He took the judgment that we deserved and set us free. How great was His love for those who were enemies by wicked works!
Bible Searcher, April 2007