Understanding the Law of Sowing and Reaping

The Law of Sowing and Reaping is the universal lawThe law of sowing and reaping has many descriptive
with many names. Every culture and civilization havenames. Here are some of them:
their own way of defining or describing this law.Brian Tracy describes this strategic law as the 'iron
Sowing and reaping cut across the board and colorslaw of human destiny.'
every discipline and activity under heaven. It is universalStephen Covey in his book 'Seven Habits of Highly
law because it removes the illusion separateness andEffective People' describes this law as the 'law of the
connects everything in the spiritual and materialfarm.'
universe. The law of sowing and reaping affectsPhysicists version of this law is called 'action and
Spirituality, Mental Dynamics, Health, Economics,reaction' described in Newton's law of motion.
Agriculture, Relationships, philosophy and Science.Eastern Religions calls it the law of Karma or
The word 'universe' means one song. The definition ofretributive justice. Or, more commonly the law of
the universe implies that existing things should because and effect.
regarded as collective entity. This may also explain myIn the Bible, the Lord describes it as the Golden Rule:
version of the law of relativity; that everything is"Treat others the way you want to be treated." Jesus
connected directly or indirectly through energy (law ofsays that upon this law hangs every other Law and
magnets). Yes, that everything is relative: the spiritual isthe Prophets. In other words, the Golden Rule is the
relative to the mental and the physical world. "Thelaw of sowing and reaping applied to relationships. In
more I study physics, the more I am drawn toshort, it is the mother of all laws and ties everything
metaphysics," says Albert Einstein.together.
The law of sowing and reaping is also God's systemThis law is so important in God's economy that after
of operation. On the other hand, the world system istelling the multitude the parable of the sower, Jesus
based on buying and selling. God governs the universedisciples asked him the meaning of the parable. Jesus
through laws laws He set up before humans appearedwas shocked and asked, "how can you know other
on the horizon. It is not enough to know Jesus; youparables if you can't understand the parable of the
must understand the way He operates his kingdom.sower?"
This is important because every law of macrocosmExcept the law of love, every natural law of universe
(larger universe) also operate within humanshangs on this law including attraction, relationships,
(microcosm or universe within the heart).correspondence, substitution, relativity, returns, and
"The law of sowing and reaping is a kingdom lawenergetics. Ultimately, these laws determine abundance
which, subsequently governs the earth and all naturalor lack in the material universe.
or material matter," says Kenneth Copeland.