i'm re-reading through a book called boundaries with a small group of leaders. it's a great book, and list's 10 laws of individual boundaries for taking personal responsibility for your life. the first law of reaping and sowing is simple: every cause has an effect, every action has a reaction, or as scripture puts it 'what a man sows, he will also reap.'
what's interesting is that this law can always be interrupted for a short period of time. in individual lives this usually means that someone--like a parent or friend--rescues us from the natural consequences that should train us in common sense. as a result, we do not feel the pain of our negative actions and often continue to live as if we're above the law. for countries (like ours), it means we continue to rack up debt for the long term, while focusing on short term comforts that are destined to implode when our bill is called.
the power of proverbs is that they are true, absolute and final. they cannot be broken for long, because they ultimately break those who deny their gravity. they get the last laugh whether we like it or not . . . or maybe they're not laughing at us at all but pleading with us to enter reality ,and humble ourselves in their wisdom: every decision we make, whether we think it significant or not, has a long term consequence that exposes us as truly wise or simply foolish.
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
--galatians 6:7
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