Galatians 6:7 “Do not be deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that will he also reap.”
DAILY READING – 1 Corinthians 10; 2 Kings 3; Amos 8
A recent study in Norway showed that the average I.Q scores among young men in the country was declining.
This was blamed on the introduction of cable television into the country starting from 1981.
Before then, local Norwegian Television stations had focused on producing quality programmes that contributed to public education and learning. During this period there was a noticeable rise in the I.Q of youths in Norway.
However, after 1981, things began to change with the introduction of the cable television industry which provided multichannel viewing services to many households. The cable television which was focused more on entertainment and had flashy programmes like game shows, contributed little to educational learning.
However these flashy contents drew the interests of the youths quickly. As a result of this, Norwegian youths began to spend more time watching cable television and drastically cut back on their daily time spent reading educational materials.
The researchers discovered that the generations of Norwegian youths who had been exposed to trashy TV contents ended up with lower IQs and were more likely to drop out of school.
For each year that these youths watched Cable Television, their average IQ dropped by 0.08 pointsl.
In an academic article published in 2019, the Norwegian researchers concluded by attributing the decline in I.Q. scores among Norwegian youths to the access to cable television, which filled their minds with entertainment and led to a sharp decline in the reading of quality books.
Another research done in Italy, showed similar results.
An Italian study, published in July 2019, showed that Italian youths with a greater exposure to low-brow entertainment programmes experienced a ‘dumbing down’ effect that affected their intelligence.
Perhaps the results of these researches should not be surprising. The law of the mind states that whatever you put in, is what you get out.
Seedtime and harvest will never cease. This is true in every aspect of life.
Indeed what we sow into our minds is what we will eventually reap. As a man thinks in his heart so is he.
Galatians 6:7-8 says “Do not be deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that will he also reap. For he that sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap life everlasting’
It is important that we guard our minds with all diligence and carefully watch the things that go into it.
God has given us the ability to control what we sow and thereby control what we reap in life.
Therefore any fruit you don’t want in your life, desist from sowing the seed.
And if you don’t like what you’re already reaping, then begin sowing the right seed.
Jesus said, by their fruits you shall know
them. The fruits our lives produce is the manifestation of the seeds we have sown in our heart.
Luke 6:45 says “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil”
The harvest of your tomorrow depends on the seed you sow today.
What fills your mind will soon begin to fill your life.
The truth is that our lives will eventually move in the direction of our most dominant thoughts.
This is why Joshua 1:8 tells us that when we meditate always on God’s Word we will become prosperous and have good success.
This is because the Word of God is full of wonder-working power.
As we sow the seed of the Word into our hearts, our lives will blossom into an amazing wonder on the earth.
Luke 8:10-11; says ‘The seed is the word of God’
The seed of God’s Word in our hearts produces the fruit of signs and wonders. God’s Word is pregnant with wonders.
Psalms 119:18 says ‘Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law’..
Indeed there are wondrous things in the Word. There are wonders of divine healing, divine protection, supernatural provisions etc.
As we fill our hearts with the Word, these wondrous things find expressions in our lives.
Indeed when we feed on the incorruptible seed of God’s Word, we become indistructible and a wonder to all.
Therefore instead of filling our hearts with chaff and trash from the worldly media, let us rather commit to filling our minds with the precious seed of the Word of God, so that we can reap a harvest of miracles, signs and wonders..
PRAYER: Lord, Please grant me the grace to fill my heart constantly with Your Word. May I have a renewed desire and appetite to constantly sow Your Word into my heart so that I can reap a harvest of signs and wonders in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE;
When you obey God’s instruction you are delivered from destruction. WORDBITE 222