Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

As believers, we have been made righteous (1 Corinthians 6:11). So while we do not earn a righteous state through our works, but only by grace, we are still instructed to walk by the Spirit of God.

When we continue to direct our paths doing what we feel or think is right, we reap the results of our limited past and present insight. So instead we should choose to consult the Spirit and give God, with His infinite past present and future insight, the opportunity to govern our lives. We then get to reap a continual guaranteed harvest from the Spirit.