“Sow a thought, reap an act, sow an act, reap a habit, sow a habit, reap a lifestyle, sow a lifestyle, reap a destiny.”

This was a quote given by a speaker I heard a while ago.  They didn’t remember who originally said it, but I was really impacted by it.  The speaker had a theme of the power of our thoughts and words.  They can limit us or press us forward toward our goals.  The universal and Biblical law of sowing and reaping is described in the quote.

It was amazing as I looked at the times in my life when I had thought through a “huge” and “difficult” situation looking for answers, for divine revelation.  There were small events that I seemed to breeze on through not requiring much thought at all.  Part of the reason was the value system I have held to and it gives me guidance. Often I don’t have to “trouble” over something in my mind to get a clear direction. 

But there have also been times in my life when I needed answers for questions large and small. They seemed to be eluding me.  My mental gymnastics, vain imaginations, insecure feelings producing fearful thoughts, and scripture quotations still didn’t give me clarity or peace.  It has been in those times that this quote has come to me.  I have actually back-tracked through my thinking to see where my thoughts led to acts which led to habits which led to lifestyle choices which led to other choices on my way to walk in destiny. 

Fulfilling purpose is another way of defining destiny.  The Biblical law of sowing and reaping greatly influences us financially and that certainly affects our ability to fulfill purpose, to reach our goals, to be a person of destiny.

Thoughts, actions, habits, lifestyle choices - all seeds we sow that will result in fulfilling purpose, to be a person of destiny.