"Why?"

He preached for more than twenty years and was one of my best friends from Texas. Today, he is divorced, drinking and into other things that are so opposite of what the Lord is. People ask, "Why?". They were involved in the church, teaching, helping and always taking young people to different places and events. Married for twenty two years, today they are divorced and as far from the Lord as one could get. People ask, "Why?". He was an elder in the church for 27 years. Known for his kindness and Scriptural insight, he and his wife shared their lives with so many. Today he left his wife for a much younger woman moving in with her, completely hard toward the things of the Lord. People ask, "Why?. How can people, who have done so much good for so long, seeming to have everything going for them end up in such sinfulness? The answer is simple.

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." (Gal. 6:7-8) There you have it. All those years of looking good, even probably thinking they themselves were doing well at times, it was all done "sowing to their own flesh." Our flesh will eventually destroy us! There is one little word in the above verse called "corruption" which comes from a Latin word that means to break into pieces little by little. Our flesh, our natural tendencies and desires are what drives many people. You can read the flesh at work in Gal. 5:19-21 and see how it stirs us. Over the years of sowing to our natural tendencies, our flesh begins to break us down, piece by piece, bit by bit until one day, we have had enough of God and all that matters is our flesh and fulfilling our desires. The desires of our heart have become so strong, that we finally move on them and those mentioned above are the end result. Can you imagine, thinking all this time we are walking with the Lord only to grow in our fleshly desires that corrupt us! The flesh and those desires have been at work the whole time until people are finally overcome. We know the Spirit of God, who brings life and peace (Rom. 8:6), would not lead us into such disasters of our lives.

This is practiced over and over in the lives of many who claim God and our Lord Jesus Christ as theirs. Whatever you sow to, your life will reflect that! Sin works through our flesh side and Christ works the Spirit side. You will decide which one you will give in to. Your flesh, your feelings, wants and stirrings that you think will make you happy, will break you down piece by piece each time you give in to it. The Spirit of God will lead you to overcoming your flesh, taking you deeper and deeper into life and peace (the very things fleshly people say they want) and the end result will be eternal life. I know "why" and it is determined what you sow to!