Each year, I set out to have a garden and sometime late in the winter, I begin to plan what I want to grow. I plant the seeds for tomatoes in March and nurture them until early May when I plant them in the ground. Much work goes into weeding and pruning the plants, but in the later part of July, I begin to eat the fruit of my labors. What a time to enjoy. There are others who attempt the same, but because of their lack of knowledge in gardening or because of inconsistent labor, their yield of fruit is disappointing.
This is much like our spiritual lives in that we eat the fruit of our labors. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. (Psalms 128:1-2)
Instead of planning, planting and cultivating, we need to fear The Lord. Our fear of The Lord will affect our walk and lead us to follow his ways. The bounty that comes from these two is that we will eat the fruit of our labors, which will cause us to be happy and life will be good.
However in contrast, if we fail to fear The Lord and to walk in his ways, we also will eat the fruit of our labors. We also will fail to find happiness and life will not be good. The decision is ours and by whatever decision we choose to live, we shall eat the fruit of our labors. We may try to blame the undesirable fruit that we are forced to eat on God, circumstances or other people, but the gardener in our garden is us.
If you have weeds in your life’s garden, pull them up. Turn your heart away from your way and seek The Lord. Fear him and walk in his ways. The fruit that you yield will definitely be worth it.
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