
Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." When we trust in our own understanding, we face disappointment. If we say we believe, yet we don't take action because of our beliefs; it's like thinking we are going to win a game, yet not practice or participate to try and win the game. We have to invest if it is something we believe in. Participating as a believer means knowing Jesus personally and investing our time and our hearts in Him. Are you obedient to the scriptures? Does Christ smile when He looks down on you? Don't just talk the talk - walk the walk. Focus on Christ = obedience to His word. Focus on flesh = believing the mind, heart or conscious. "Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:8
"If we sow to the Spirit by studying to live unto God, seeking to obey the will of God, and laying ourselves out to promote His honor, we shall not sow in vain. Life shall be our reward, even everlasting life. This we enjoy here as we enter into the knowledge of God, communion with God and enjoyment of God. This life flows on like an ever-deepening, ever-widening river till it bears us to the ocean of felicity (great happiness), where the life of God is ours forever and ever. Let us not this day sow to our flesh, for the harvest will be corruption, since flesh always tends that way; but with holy self-conquest let us live for the highest, purest and most spiritual ends, seeking to honor our most holy Lord by obeying His most gracious Spirit. What a harvest will that be when we reap life everlasting! " ~Charles Spurgeon
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