Sowing and reaping

“The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6:8
The law of sowing and reaping applies to believers and non-believers alike (much as the law of gravity). In the natural, if someone sows an apple seed, an apple tree will grow and eventually produce apples. If someone sows grass seed, then grass will grow. If we sow the seeds of weeds, then weeds will grow. Whatever is sown is eventually what will be produced. It is the same in the spiritual realm. If we sow hatred, gossip, and so forth, eventually it will come back to bite us. But if we sow patience, mercy, love, and grace, we will receive it again in due course.
In this verse, Paul shows us that we have two choices of where to sow. We can sow to please the sinful nature – that is, what we spend the most time doing and where we place our priorities in life. Or we can sow to please the Spirit of God. What’s it to be?
As before, we will reap what we sow. If we sow to please the sinful nature, we will reap destruction and death, for “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23). But if we sow to please God, we will reap eternal life.