Air1's Verse of the Day for Aug 22, 2025

Planting Seeds of Peace

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All of us are affected by this particular worker—it's the farmer. Our verse today is really a tremendous verse. It comes from James chapter 3, verse 18.

It says, "And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness."

There's another version that says, "The harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."

The verse has an agricultural illustration within it, and I want to pull out a couple thoughts that I hope encourage us.

The Harvest of Righteousness

First is the harvest of righteousness. I grew up in Iowa and I saw it all the time. Corn everywhere. Rows of corn everywhere. Rows of soybeans everywhere. Why? Because Iowa is known as the Corn State. There's tons of agriculture, tons of farming that goes on. You look at all the corn and at all the soybeans. You look at everything, and you wonder, how did it get there?

Very simply, that hard-working farmer planted it. At the end of the year, they hopefully make a killing when they harvest. So, as we think about the harvest of righteousness, it says right there in the verse, and those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace. We have this harvest. What's the harvest in your life? What's the harvest in mine?

The Planters of Righteousness

Secondly, let's call it the planters of righteousness, because the verse says right there, "Those peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness."

I want you to think about your life, and I’ll think about my life. What are you? What am I? What are we planting? What are we leaving behind us?

For me, it's been an argument, a disagreement, or I've been discontent. I have not been happy, and I really affect other people around me. Whether it's my wife, my family, my kids, or my coworkers—I'm just not leaving a harvest of anything helpful, anything that's healthy.

But this verse says, if we plant seeds of peace, we will reap a harvest of righteousness.

Called to Be Peacemakers

Jesus said in Matthew chapter 5, verse 9, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God." This is an incredibly powerful section. In Romans chapter 5, the Bible says, if you know Christ, you have peace with God. Because you have peace with the Lord Jesus Christ, that should make us be able to be a peacemaker for other people and with other people.

Two Important Questions

As you look at your life, here are a couple questions: How well are you a peacemaker? How good are you at making peace? The Bible says the righteous make even their enemies live at peace with them. Are you a peacemaker? Am I?

Secondly, what's your harvest going to look like at the end? Because you've been sowing seeds of peace, you're going to get a harvest one day.

May God make you—may God make me—this type of peacemaker so that at the end of it all, we'll have a harvest of righteousness.

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