Corruption or Everlasting Life?

669- Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Sa 22:25-28, “Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in His eyes. 26 "With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; 27 With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd. 28 You will save the humble people; But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down. (2 Sam 22:25-28) David has not obeyed God's Word perfectly, but he has “kept” it. Treasured it. He has treasured God's precepts and even treasured God's correction. The Good News for those who treasure God's Word is that there is payback associated with it, and David now paints a picture of what God's payback looks like. A quick glance tells us that God is just! Mercy for mercy, blamelessness for blamelessness, purity for purity, deviousness with shrewdness. You receive from God what you mete out. And though you and I mete these things out imperfectly, God metes them out with perfection! Don't just blow this off folks. This is a spiritual law and reality that is often overlooked to our harm. For instance; Who would not want more of God's mercy? Yet when we fail to show it to others, we pinch the supply of mercy that God longs to deliver to us. Or when we allow our dealings with others to be devious, we invite the shrewdness of God to thwart our day to day living. To ignore this spiritual law is to fail to treasure God's Word. One might say, “well it is enough that I am saved.” But is it? Ga 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. What do you want to sow to? Corruption or everlasting life? We are not saved by doing good, but doing good by treasuring God's Word is evidence of our saving faith. Jas 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. And what do you suppose the reward for dead faith is?