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Intro:
The title of my message is, [Help in the Harvest].
Today is the first day of our twenty-one day fast.
I have a message from the Lord that I believe will help us as we commit the rest of this month to seeking God.
I have thought long and hard about 2022.
I asked the Lord to give me an encouraging word, one that will help us.
In the past, we have kicked off our fast with messages about victory, faith, and hope for the New Year.
While I still pray for those promises for our lives, we live in a very different world than in the past.
The word God has laid on my heart for today is weary.
We read it in our text.
Weary is defined, “feeling or showing tiredness, being worn out, exhausted, or disoriented.”
I feel in my spirit as I pray for our congregation that many are facing weary situations in life.
It could be weariness over the division in our nation
It could be weariness over prolonged sickness
It could be weariness over the many differing opinions
It could be weariness over a family situation
We must remember, weariness is not a sin.
Jesus faced weariness:
The Apostle Paul understood weariness
Those in Scripture understood the weariness that comes with life.
However, it seems to have accelerated in our day.
Seeing the world the way it is, it would be easy to become weary.
That is why there are three passages in the New Testament that deals with weariness.
We already read our text to the Galatians churches.
But Paul also encouraged:
The writer of Hebrews explained:
So my message is clear, let’s not grow weary.
When we become physically weary or tired we develop bad habits that will create negative effects on our health.
Likewise, becoming spiritually weary can create poor spiritual habits that negatively effect our walk with God.
How then do we overcome weariness?
Paul focused on becoming weary in the context of sowing and reaping.
He used gardening as a metaphor for the Christian life.
He believed that God’s people will reap a harvest.
As an experienced gardener, I have learned how hard it is to produce a harvest.
It is work.
It can be tiring.
I feel weary when we weed the garden only to have to turn around and do it again.
But I want us to think of a few facts about gardening:
we sow and reap in like kind, meaning, if we sow green beans we will not reap asparagus.
We get what we plant.
we reap in a different season than we sow.
It takes a while to go out there and pick that first mess of green beans or the first ripe tomato.
we reap more than we sow.
I remember our first year we had a garden I thought we should have one more zucchini plant in case we did not have enough zucchini.
As it is in the natural, so it is in the spiritual.
Let’s think of our fast.
We reap what we sow.
We’re sacrificing something important to us, so that we might receiving something from God.
What we do right now for God will have results at a later day.
Our fast will help us throughout the year.
We will receive more from God than we give because He is so much greater than us!
I thoroughly believe God has a harvest for us this year.
He has something for us both personally and corporately.
The enemy knows this, which is why he longs for God’s people to grow weary.
So this morning, I believe that God has help for us in this harvest.
He has something great for all of His people.
The principle is this— EVERYONE will have a harvest.
What they produce will depend on where and how they sow.
We have an opportunity this year.
We can sow and invest in ourselves or we can sow and invest in the Spirit.
HOW we sow and WHAT we sow will determine HOW and WHAT we reap.
So let’s look at Paul’s words to the Galatians with two points, [Sow into Our Self] or [Sow into the Spirit].
1. Sow into Our Self
Notice the word flesh, which signifies humanity.
We are unlike God, who is everywhere at once, knowing everything at once, and possessing all power at once.
We are confined to this body, made of flesh.
Paul speaks of sowing to the flesh.
He does not literally mean the flesh that is attached to our tendons or bones.
Instead, he is equating flesh with self.
The flesh is not necessarily sinful, but the flesh is weak.
When the flesh grows weak, people often succumb to sin.
Galatians 6:8 (NLT)
8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature...
What is the fleshly nature?
What is the sin nature?
Paul already explained that.
We can divide these works of the flesh into four categories:
sexual sin— lust, adultery, prostitution, or pornography
religious sin— idol worship, astrology, superstition
relational sin— gossip, unforgiveness, bitterness, taking revenge
personal sin— abusing ourselves, substances, drinking
I realize not everyone struggles with every one of these works of the flesh.
Furthermore this is not an entire list.
Instead, Paul gives an overview of the various ways people struggle and face temptation.
Now, Paul moves forward with a warning, when we sow into the flesh.
When we give into our desires above God’s word, we will reap a harvest.
We reap what we sow.
Whenever we invest our time, talent, and resources into any of these works of the flesh we will eventually reap, at a later date, problems and distance from God.
As I read Paul’s list, I thought, how fitting.
What they faced in the Galatians churches is very similar to what our society endures.
Though that list may seem a little heavy, every work of the flesh begins when people begin to give into THEIR wants and desires about what GOD wants for their lives.
God knew the nature of people, and their inclination to gravitate toward sowing into self.
That is why He sent Jesus.
Jesus came in human form to identify with our human weakness.
Jesus knew what is was like to grow weary.
The enemy tempted him to give into the flesh.
But He overcame.
How then do we know if we are sowing into our self more than we are sowing into the God?
Let’s align our lives with the life of Jesus.
As followers of Christ, we who live this life of faith in God, have to ask ourselves, is my flesh weak?
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