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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. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

The promise of sowing and reaping can be applied to many areas in life. Most churches use this promise to encourage giving, however, this promise can be applied to marriages as well.

The world’s system tells us to love and serve our spouse as long as they’re loving and serving us. This is totally contrary to the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God promotes serving in love and loving unconditionally (Galatians 5:13).

When we make an intentional decision to love and serve our spouse in spite of how they treat us, how we feel, and in spite of what we’re going through, we have a promise from God, to reap what we sow. This idea should encourage the believer knowing that our efforts within our marriage are not in vain.

What gets in the way is our flesh. Our flesh doesn’t want to serve and unconditionally love our spouse especially when the marriage is going through a difficult time. Another thing that agitates our flesh is delay. If we do decide to make the effort to love and serve unconditionally, we want to see a turnaround within our marriage in a month. The longer it takes, the more we want to give up and allow fate to control our marriage.

If we’re willing to do things God’s way, we have a promise to reap what we sow.