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The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.- 2 Corinthians 9:6
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If you Sow, You'll Reap

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There is an old American Indian proverb:

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”

He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

This parable is especially true for Christians, the first wolf is our old nature, the second is our new nature in Christ. It is also connected to the law of sowing and reaping. When teaching this in Church, most preachers tend to focus on the financial aspect of it. Under the law of God's Kingdom your financial harvest is determined by what you spend, what you save, and what you sow into God's Kingdom. What they don't tend to focus on is that it is true of everything, not just money! if you sow anger, arrogance and evil, feeding the first wolf, that is what you will reap. If you sow violence you will reap violence.

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. - Matthew 26:52

In the sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught that if you sow mercy, you shall reap mercy.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. - Matthew 5:7

The truth is whatever you put out there in the world, good or bad will come back to you, often multiplied. The world calls it - Karma! So feed the right wolf and put good things out into the world, so good things will come back to you. Continually put those good things out there then good things will continually come back to you. So share your blessings with others then blessings will come back to you multiplied. As the world puts it "Pay it forward".