Is It Really Yours?

Proverbs 11:18
18 The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

If you use lies, deceit or cheat to obtain anything, is what you obtained yours? The answer is no. If you have to lie, deceive or cheat to obtain something then it means that you may not have received it otherwise. It's your attempt at playing God to create a blessing for yourself that God didn't release to you. Simply put, greed and selfishness.  In this society deceptive ways have become a way of life. The reason King Solomon called the wages deceptive is because they do not last. Anything not obtained the right way and for the right reason will flee. It's simply a matter of when not if. God is the one who releases blessings and if He didn't see fit for you to have it, you will lose it. What He gives to you no one can take away.  God's law of sowing and reaping as stated in Galatians 6:8 is sovereign whether you believe it or not is of no value- God's law still stands. The word given in Galatians 6:8 says The one who sows to please his sinful nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Destruction comes in many forms. Those who obtain anything the right way and for the right reason are the ones with the real reward because God gave it. The ones who do it, "by any means necessary" are saying they are not good enough to receive it God's way, therefore doing it Satan's way as he is the father of lies, is their only option. Remember, in the end Satan loses. So anyone who uses Satan's ways to obtain anything also loses. Is what you obtained really yours?

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