Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, 

and the rod of his fury will fail.

Proverbs 22:8 ESV

Rather than the expression of what's going on in this Proverb, consider for a moment the way this proverb sees us in the world.

Sowing. 

Reaping.

Living.

We don't get to choose the time we were born in, the place, the family, our upbringing or many of our early experiences. 

Things have been sown into us.

Some good. 

Some terrible.

Values, beliefs, ways of responding, ideas about who we are, about others, how the world works.

Sown in.

Inherent in this Proverb is God. Outside of time, outside of us.

And when we meet Him, our values, beliefs, ways of responding, ideas about ourselves, others and how the world works can be challenged, or reinforced, or maybe some of each.

And then we get to choose what we sow with our lives.

What is reaped.

How we live in the world.

As we allow God's values, His priorities, His ways of responding, His way of seeing ourselves and others, His view of how the world works, shape who we are and how we live, we get to choose what we sow. 

And it starts with worship.

With who God is.

God, embodied in Jesus, humbling himself in love and grace.

God, at work in us through His Spirit.

Just let it start with worship. 

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