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Today’s One Year Bible Verses: Isaiah 37:1-38:22, Galatians 6:1-18, Psalm 65:1-13, Proverbs 23:24

“Pay careful attention to your own work… you will always harvest what you plant.…It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not.What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.” (Galatians 6:4, 7, 15, NLT)

What Seeds Are You Planting?

Paul’s words in Galatians 6 are a sober reminder: we must pay attention to ourselves—what we think, believe, say, and do. Our walk with God is deeply personal, and we are each responsible for our own conduct before Him (Galatians 6:4–5). It’s not about measuring ourselves against others but allowing the Lord to shape and transform us into His new creation (Galatians 6:15; 2 Corinthians 5:17).

But there will always be voices pulling at us. Some want recognition, status, or influence—wolves in sheep’s clothing who look holy but are driven by pride (Matthew 7:15). Just as Satan sought glory for himself (Isaiah 14:12–15), they seek to lead us away from the Shepherd (John 10:11) and into destruction. Paul warns of those who tried to force circumcision in his day—they couldn’t even keep the law themselves, yet they pressured others so they could boast (Galatians 6:12–13). Today, that corrupting spirit is the same. The enemy plants lies in hopes we’ll give him the harvest.

But God calls us to plant differently. Whatever seeds we plant—whether corrupt or holy—will grow (Galatians 6:7–8). If we allow the world’s deception to be planted into our hearts, the fruit will be destruction. But if we let the Lord plant His seeds, we will harvest life, beauty, and transformation (John 15:4–5; Hosea 10:12).

David describes this beautifully in Psalm 65. The Lord plows the hard ground, melts away clods, and softens the soil with rain. He blesses the crops, crowns the year with abundance, and turns even the hardest paths into overflowing goodness. He takes weak places and makes them strong, barren valleys and turns them into joy, wilderness into pasture, ashes into beauty (Psalm 65:9–13; Isaiah 61:3). The result? A life that cannot help but shout and sing for joy to God.

The question is: which field are we tending? Are we letting the enemy scatter his seeds of pride, comparison, and corruption—or are we yielding to the Lord, allowing Him to plow, soften, plant, and bless?

Action (5 Minutes with God)

Take 5 quiet minutes with the Lord today. Ask Him: “Lord, what seeds have I been planting?” Write down what He shows you. Then, open to Psalm 65 and turn each verse into a prayer over your life—ask Him to plow away hardness, soften your heart, and crown your year with abundance.

Prayer

Lord, I lay my field before You. Pull out the weeds of pride, deception, and distraction. Plant in me seeds of righteousness, obedience, and truth. Soften my heart, water me with Your Spirit, and make my life a testimony of Your abundance and grace. May even the hard pathways overflow with blessing , and may my life shout for joy to You alone. Amen. 💎

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