Seeds
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10:17, ESV
To start my garden, I usually purchase the seedlings plants instead of starting with seeds. Seedlings are young plants raised from a seed that have yet to produce fruit and are ready to be planted in a garden. This year however, because I waited so late and the inventory for these young plants were so low, I ended up planting seeds. Now planting seeds that late in the gardening season is usually not successful, but I felt the leadership of the Holy Spirit, so I did.
Every morning I would wake up early and go out to the garden to see if the seeds had sprouted. I would check two or three times a day because I knew that the seeds were in the fertile soil. They would soon die, and the plant would start to sprout. I had an expectation that I would see the seeds break ground.
One afternoon while I was looking so intently for the sprouts, I heard the Holy Spirit say, “Do you look like that for what you have prayed for?” He said, “You are expecting these seeds to produce. You have faith in what you have sown in the ground. Why don’t you have the same faith in the seeds you give to me?” I can’t tell you that I had some amazing response to God’s prompting. I just let His words sit in my spirit. I knew if He was speaking to me about this, I needed to meditate on what He was saying. Even now while I am writing this message the words are still lingering in my spirit.
I thought, “Well, I know how to go to the garden and look for the seeds to sprout, but where do I go to look for answers to my prayers?” As I sat there thinking about this, the Holy Spirit said, “If you have asked for healing, then look at all the scriptures where I have healed. If you are looking for provision, then look at all the scriptures where I have provided for others. If you are looking for direction, then look at all the scriptures where I have given direction. Keep your focus on what you have prayed for.” The more I focused on the garden, looking at it expectantly each morning, my mind continued to believe that the seeds were going to sprout. It is the same with God, when we are focused on what He said, reading his scripture increases our faith and that faith produces the fruit. We become more focused on our expectations, having hope that what we prayed for will manifest. Scripture says, So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). The more we hear scripture on what we are believing for, the more our faith is encouraged and increased. Faith produces the fruit!
When we pray, we are sowing a seed of faith. In this economy, even though we trust God, we can walk away and not see our prayer answered. I consistently water my garden and protect it from intruders (bugs and insects eating its sprouts) so that it can grow and produce fruit. It is the same with our prayers. We have to water our faith with the word of God daily, focusing on what we are believing to be received. Staying in the word with the focus on our subject protects our mind from the intruder Satan. If we are not careful, we can allow the intruder to eat up what had originally sprouted and not receive our fruit. Amen, Let’s pray:
Father, thank you that in everything you have given us the answer on how to water our seeds through scripture. Thank you that you have provided everything we need to see our seeds produce fruit. We repent from not taking the time to study the word which helps to expand our faith and protect us from the onslaught of Satan’s attack. Thank you for direction on how to move. We give you glory and praise in Jesus’ name, amen.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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