Happy Mother’s Day to all my Mom friends out there! You have so much importance in the lives of your littles’ and bigs’. You are the ones planting those first seeds and watering them with your love. I thank God and pray for you this week as you continue to walk with your families in faith.
Join Me as we talk about planting the seeds of life!
My little guy loves the idea of gardening and being a farmer. Last summer, he went to the small patch where my parents planted potatoes, began digging, and dug up a whole basketful.
His immediate thought was to sell them. So we went to a few neighbors to see if they had interest. He made fifty cents on a small bunch. He was very excited.
This year, he has decided he is going to be a farmer. My husband decided to support his adventure by building a garden. He has big plans and he is eager to get started. He has plans for a garden/lemonade stand and selling vegetables of all varieties.
We started a few plants indoors to be ready for outdoor planting. I will not even show you the results. They are sad and straggly looking. While I am reminded that even with the best intentions, we can plant the seed and water them, but only God can make them grow.
We are reminded in
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 (NIV) I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
Often times we work, we pray, we try to speak truth into lives around us and we are left wondering why our words and our lives seem to be falling on deaf ears. We want those around us to experience the joy and peace that we receive from God, just to have it turned away.
Don’t lose heart my friend! Christ is the source of the growth. As His followers and disciples, we are to plant the seed and water it. Christ alone has the power to turn hearts and produce fruit.
The Story in John 4 tells us after Jesus had talked to the Samaritan woman at the well, His disciples returned. They were urging Jesus to eat.
Jesus replied, “His food is to do the will of the one who sent Him and to accomplish His work. Do you not say, ‘There are four months then comes the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35-36 (NIV)
The disciples were wondering why Christ was talking to this Samaritan woman. What Christ was telling them was that there are many people that need to hear of God’s Word. She, who seemed like an unlikely candidate for spreading God’s Word, began immediately planting seeds that Christ soon grew.
So don’t ever think that even a small bit of God’s truth is a waste or your time or energy. We are told in
Isaiah 55:11 (NLT) It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
Christ’s Word will not go out and return void. HE will accomplish with it what He has set out to do. It doesn’t need to be wrapped up in a pretty bow and camouflaged as something it is not. It has the power of The Word backing it up.
The Gospel is the food that feeds the soul. Sharing it is the will of the Father. Christ came to accomplish that work.
The fields are wide open with many people that need the seed of the Good News of Christ to be planted in their hearts. Let’s be eager to get to the fields while the harvest is plenty. While the time is now.
So get busy friends, planting seeds, watering fertile ground, and doing God’s work because God’s mighty hand is ready to make all things new with growth.
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