Thomas’s Turning Point: How Job 4:8 Showed Him That When You Sow Wickedness, You Reap the Same

Frank Wible
Oct 15
3 min read

Thomas never thought that he couldn't cheat around consequences. He had established his world around slick maneuvers, silver tongues, and shortcuts that got him rapid results. On the surface, he appeared self-assured and competent. But inside, he knew the majority of all that he established sat precariously.

He was a master in his crew for making deals happen, no matter whether it involved bending regulations or stepping over someone. Lying came naturally to all of his lies, manipulation felt right for all of his manipulations. He rationalized it as business, but that way of thinking bled into all aspects of his life.

Thomas built his life on shortcuts and lies, only to realize that what you sow eventually comes back to you.

The more that he compromised himself, the more successful that he became—or so it seemed. His wallet increased in size but his peace vanished. Relationships become stressed. His wife began distrust his words. Friends kept him in a safe zone. He could see himself becoming the very type of man that he once vowed that he’d never become.

It was a night when having a disagreement in the house pushed Thomas into a drive to calm himself down. He stopped his vehicle on a deserted road, and in a genuine moment of truthfulness, he murmured softly, “God, where am I?” He felt lost, enraged, and solitary.

Upon arrival home, he opened his aged Bible given to him by his dad that sat idle for years. It opened naturally to Job 4:8. Yea, I have surely seen it, that they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

The words impacted him severely. For the very first time, he beheld his life in the light. Every selfish move, every falsehood, every shortcut, they all had given precisely that which Scripture forewarned. He had been planting pride, dishonesty, and greed, and he was harvesting its crop of isolation, guilt, and loss.

For the first time in years, he prayed tears in his eyes. “God, I have been planting the wrong seed. Please help me begin again.”

When Thomas finally turned back to God, he found mercy waiting. The seeds of repentance began to grow where pride once ruled.

The transformation wasn't immediate, but that prayer began a new season. Thomas learned to own his sins. He restored the people he wronged even when it cost him. He apologized to his wife without making excuses. He quit running for instant bucks and began building for character.

It wasn’t. Some did not forgive him. Some doors remained shut. But slowly, peace came back. His home resumed becoming warm. His prayers came across as genuine rather than practiced.

He came to learn that repentance is not merely an apology, repenting is sowing new seeds. Seeds of truth. Seeds of humbleness. Seeds that need time to grow.

Months afterwards, Thomas sat behind his desk, preparing invoices for his humble newly restored business. Profits were lower but his heart was stable. He beamed in his mind where God has brought him. He murmured to himself, “This time I will sow good seed.”

Now that he reads Job 4:8, he doesn’t condemn him. He is thankful. It reminds him that whatever we sow by our decisions will always grow, but grace gives us the second opportunity to sow. The tale of Thomas demonstrates that a man who has planted wickedness is able to yet harvest redemption when he turns his life again to God.

What kind of seeds are you sowing right now?