“Now” may seem beneficial, but there are dangerous repercussions for not considering “later.” Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. (Hosea 10:12 ESV) On NPR this morning, there was a conversation between the radio host and an “independent crop consultant” that was very informative. The gist of the conversation dealt mainly with strategies farmers can employ to combat the corn stalk worm. The most easiest way to combat the pest is to use pesticides. In using pesticides, farmers can produce large amounts of corn every single year and profit immensely from that crop. However, the most holistic method is to starve the worms by not planting corn and planting a different crop and sacrificing the huge profits for a year or two for the sake of saving the land from being eaten alive. Here’s why I share that story: we’re all like these corn farmers in terms of righteousness and sinfulness. We’ve become so lukewarm about God in our attempts to serve God that we find ourselves being eaten alive by spiritual disease of callousness and/or apathy. We lose sight of God’s righteousness and therefore out righteousness. We are so wrapped up in the controversies of society, fighting God’s fight, that we forget that God fights for us and all we need to do is cling to Him. The righteousness we need to sow in our lives probably is different than the righteousness we are currently sowing. The righteousness of God cannot be eaten by worms while our current righteousness is being eaten slowly at the root by worms in our lives. God’s righteousness is ready to rain on your life, are you ready to sow that into your life?