Happy Monday!
It’s Monday morning! Have you planted any crops today? Maybe we should start with just a few seeds first!
Every time we go somewhere, if there is a person, or multiple people, we have an opportunity. An opportunity to plant a seed and if it takes root, can change a life. If that one life is changed, how many others might be changed?
Pastor Tom is such a wonderful example of this. Everywhere he goes, he plants seeds. He prays for complete strangers. His faith overflows.
I want to do that but I fail so often. I think later that I should have prayed for the woman that looked so sad. I should have shared the gospel with the man that looked so sick, but I didn’t. I am pretty good at physically helping people, I can help someone across the street, help them with their groceries and whatever else is obvious but I know I miss opportunities to plant so many seeds.
Each day we wake up, think about how we can give ourselves away. Seed by seed. We were created for a purpose and by giving ourselves away, we will gain more than we need. Our crop will be abundant.
Pray Unceasingly!!
Lois
God Is Waiting for You to Plant a Seed
Rick Warren
“Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
John 12:24 (NIV)
What does a farmer do when he has a barren field that’s producing no income? He doesn’t complain about it. He doesn’t even have to pray about it! He just goes out and starts planting some seed—because nothing is going to happen until he plants the seed. He can pray all he wants, but it’s not going to produce a crop.
Maybe you think you’re waiting on God. You think you’re waiting on God for that job. You think you’re waiting on God for a spouse. You think you’re waiting on God for the windfall. But God says, “You think you’re waiting on me? I’m waiting on you! I’m waiting for you to plant a seed.”
Everything in life starts as a seed: a relationship, a marriage, a business, a church. And nothing happens until the seed is planted.
Why does God require you to plant a seed? Because planting is an act of faith. You take what you’ve got, and you give it away. That takes faith, and it brings glory to God.
Jesus described this principle of sowing and reaping when he was trying to explain why he came to Earth to die on the cross. In John 12:24 Jesus said, “Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds” (NIV). Jesus was saying, “People will be saved and go to heaven because of my death and Resurrection. I’m going to plant a seed, and the seed is going to be my life.”
Here’s the principle of sowing and reaping: Whenever you have a need, plant a seed. Whatever you need—more time, more energy, more money, more support, more relationships, more wisdom—just plant a seed. If you need more time, give more time to your kids. If you need more money, give it away to someone who needs it. If you need more wisdom, share what wisdom you have with others. Give yourself away!
It may not make sense to you to give away something that you need more of, but that is exactly the kind of attitude that God wants to bless and that will produce fruit in your life.