We need to be quite clear what is going on. The view that we reap what we sow is really a statement of faith. We believe that God is a good and sovereign Creator who knows what is best for his people. We believe that he judges the world justly. However, from our vantage-point, we do not always know what is best for us, nor can we see how God is ruling his world. In fact what we see often seems to contradict our faith in the goodness of God