Because of their own choices

You don’t have to know much about farming to know that you harvest what you plant.

You plant corn. You expect a harvest of corn.

If someone is harvesting “bad fruit” in their life, it’s fairly easy to assume that they must have planted “bad seed” in their past.

Even outwardly “good” people must have done something wrong to have a miscarriage, receive a bad medical diagnosis or be fired. Right?

But if we follow this thought a little further, we recognize that despite our best efforts, we are incapable of only planting good.

We can’t totally remove the bad from our lives. Lying, envy, gossip, anger, holding a grudge or withholding forgiveness – and that’s just my list of what I plant every day.

You could have a totally different list, but the effect is the same.

So, are we destined to always be paying for the wrong that we have done?
In that case how can there be hope for any of us?

The truth is… if it were dependent on us, there would be no hope. God knows that, which is why He did not leave us to ourselves.

The Bible says:
‘The wages of sin are death’

Yes, if we plant rebellion or sin, we should harvest death. But it doesn’t end there, it continues:
‘But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord’
(Romans 6:23)

God offers us forgiveness and the chance to live with him forever.

Ultimately the evil within us and around us will be defeated. That is God’s promise. He calls us to trust Jesus, the One who has overcome the world. These are words of life that bring peace and forgiveness and the certainty of his love.

“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
(John 16:33 NLT)

It can be hard to recognize that the source of suffering and pain may actually be sin (rebellion) inside of us.

But God doesn’t leave us trapped in the pain of that knowledge. He has a way for you to be free of your worst thoughts, words and actions.

Instead of looking at you with judgement, what if he looks at you with love and compassion? What if he wanted to give you hope for today and paradise for eternity?

Find out more about the true character and plan of God here.

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