Without God, Mankind is very very lost! What an understatement! The Roman Pontius Pilate asked Jesus, "what is Truth?". His question reflected the total darkness of the human mind that does not know God. The embodiment of Truth was staring him in the face and he could not see it. Jesus declared in John 14:6, "I am the Truth." 

We are living in an age when lies are so prolific that the truth has become obscured from view. When truth is lost, there can be no freedom. John 8:32 "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free."

The more lies people believe, the less freedom they have. Lies suck the liberty out until there is nothing left but tyranny. We must contend for the truth!

(AMP) Galatians 5:1 IN [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off].

It is a foolishly dangerous thing to listen to liars, compromisers, scoffers and false teachers in any setting. This can be in the process of education or on the daily news or in a public eatery. Those who deny God, the Bible, true history or science will get you to bow your knee to tyrants, villains, bullies, thieves and murderers.

Psalms 1 (TPT)  THE TREE OF LIFE

1 What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways!

He won’t walk in step with the wicked,

nor share the sinner’s way,

nor be found sitting in the scorner’s seat.

2 His pleasure and passion is remaining true to the Word of “I Am,”

meditating day and night in the true revelation of light.

3 He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree

planted by God’s design,

deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss,

bearing fruit in every season of his life.

He is never dry, never fainting,

ever blessed, ever prosperous.

4 But how different are the wicked.

All they are is dust in the wind—

driven away to destruction!

5 The wicked will not endure the day of judgment,

for God will not defend them.

Nothing they do will succeed or endure for long,

for they have no part with those who walk in truth.

6 But how different it is for the righteous!

The Lord embraces their paths as they move forward

while the way of the wicked leads only to doom.

Part Two

What can we do about all the bad seed we have planted over our lifetime? Obviously, we do not want the harvest they will bring! So then, are we doomed to face the consequences of our own mistakes? No! At least not totally. There are some steps we can take to eliminate or at least greatly reduce our evil harvest.

REPENT. God gives forgiveness and crop failure to those who are truly sorrowful for their sins.  We know "that if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold all things are become new" 2 Corinthians 5:17  This enables us to be free of eternal punishment for past sins and also to no longer own their harvest.

RENEW.  Once we have repented of planting bad seeds, we need to reform our actions to match the harvest we desire to reap. Romans 12:2 (KJV) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.  We change our thoughts and speech and actions by renewing our minds according to God's will which is His Word.

REPLANT.  The best way to change a crop is to overwhelm the old seed with lots of new, more powerful seed.  We must actively engage in a fervent campaign to plant good seed by speaking prophetically (under Divine inspiration), and doing good every where.  Acts 10:38 (KJV) How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.  Believe that as God was with Jesus, so is He with us as we go about doing good.

REJOICE.  Take joy in the expectation of a great harvest to come! God has high expectation of our lives bringing Him a good return from the investment of His planting Jesus as Seed into our lives. His Word will not return without the intended harvest! Colossians 1:27 (KJV) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Isaiah 55:10-11 (KJV) For as the rain cometh down,

and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,

but watereth the earth,

and maketh it bring forth and bud,

that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:

it shall not return unto me void,

but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

The whole Earth operates by the Law of seed time and harvest. Genesis 8:22 "While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

Every living thing begins as a seed and produces more seeds for generational purposes. You began as a seed yourself and all you do is governed by this law.  Your life is a seed that produces a harvest. Your words and deeds are seeds that produce a harvest. 

The harvest is determined by what seed is planted. Genesis 1:11-12. This law prohibits any variance from this principle. Galatians 6:7 "God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

If people could just get this one thing into their heads, they would be able to predict their own harvest. i.e. If you plant corn seeds you can expect corn. If you love you will be loved.  If you use angry words, people will respond angrily. etc, etc.

Going through life ignorant of this law of seed time and harvest will cause strange behavior,  such as blaming everything on the devil or even God. Yes, God put this law into effect, but we are responsible for how we live accordingly.  Do not blame God for a harvest you did not want when you planted the seed for just that!

Most of what we call "judgment" is simply the reaping of a harvest based on the seeds we ourselves have planted.  It is not God beating up on us, but rather the fruits of our own wicked behavior.  We live in a culture that does not understand this, so we do not take responsibility for the consequences of our own actions.

Can we pray for crop failure? We can, but do you really think God will suspend His own laws? Perhaps we should pray for His forgiveness and mercy as we repent of our disrespect for His laws.  Make the law of seed time and harvest work for us rather than against us. 

Think of your own mind as a fertile ground that will grow anything that is planted in it. Watch out for what enters there through the eyes and ears. Cast down every thought that could produces a bad harvest. Watch over each word that comes out of your mouth so that you only say what you want to grow. 

Remember this always, "WHAT YOU SOW YOU GROW!"