It was my Senior year of high school, and I wanted to have a good date for the upcoming Junior Senior Banquet (a Christian version of the prom). Her name was Jenny. She was the pastor's daughter, and she was cute. When I finally got up the nerve to ask her, she readily said Yes! I was so excited! The banquet was about two weeks away.
But there's another thing you should know. My two friends and I had to take the highway to get to school, and being teenage boys, we would often race each other going to or back home from school. I knew it was wrong, especially when I would see one or both of them almost hit a car while weaving through traffic. We were idiots. Of course, our parents didn't know about this, that would be terrible!
The day finally came for the banquet. I had everything ready. I was going to pick her up in my car at her house. But then something terrible happened: my car wouldn't start! "C'mon, not today! Start, please!" I tried and tried, but it wouldn't start. Then I did something desperate: I prayed! "Lord, you know that this is an important day! I need this car to pick up Jenny for the banquet! Please let it start!" But it still refused to start. And that's when I knew. I was reaping what I had sowed. I had recklessly raced on the highway knowing that it was wrong, and now God was teaching me a lesson.
The truth is, it worked out okay. My friend John was able to borrow his uncle's Cadillac, so we all rode in that. However, poor Jenny had to sit in a car with three other guys. The law of sowing and reaping is real. I learned that at a young age. It applies to everyone, and God is just in seeing that you will always reap what you sow.