The world is ruled by natural laws that determine the unfolding of things. One reaps what one sows. The Law of Karma: what goes around comes around. Newton’s Laws of Motion: an object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion (the Law of Inertia); the acceleration of an object produced by a net (total) applied force is directly related to the magnitude of the force; for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The Law of Abundance: there are infinite resources in our world.
These laws govern our lives, even our spiritual lives.I sow love, I reap love. I sow hatred, I reap hatred and anger. Unless I act and do something, I stay where I am and stay who I am. Changes in my life are in direct proportion to my efforts. When I give what something I have (like a pen or a pair of shoes), I lose it; but when I something out of what I can do (like my talents and capabilities) or from who I am (like kindness and love), I increase and multiply them.
But beyond the natural laws, there is the reality of Grace which goes beyond the laws of nature. I sometimes reap what I have not sown for everything in my life is gift. What I send up in prayers often does not come down but stays with God and is transformed into something divine. Love, even when repaid back with anger and hatred, can change people and their lives. In the end, I realize that abundance is a reality because of God’s infinite love and care for us.
Jesus said to the crowds:
“This is how it is with the Kingdom of God;
it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land
and would sleep and rise night and day
and the seed would sprout and grow,
he knows not how.
Of its own accord the land yields fruit,
first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once,
for the harvest has come.”
Mark 4:26-29