No Harvest Without Faith

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Mark 11:22 NKJ    So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God."

My son and his friends are part of a phenomena creeping across our country.  In his yard three blocks from downtown Charlotte NC, in a completely urban area he is planting seeds in a garden plot.  Most of his friends involved do not know much about gardening and Anthony  mostly observed as he grew up watching my father grow his garden.  This spiritual context of this is:  When you plant seeds you are showing faith in God for the growth of the fruit.  We plant the seeds but God through His creation grows the plant, the stems, the leaves, the fruit and the seed to do it again next year.  In addition, God provides the air and the water required to grow everything.  In preparing and planting a garden, if we did not have faith that the seeds would germinate and produce fruit, we would not plant the seeds.

We find our lives as a garden with the seeds being the Word of God for our lives.  Just as we prepare soil to receive the seed, we must prepare our lives to receive the Word of God.  Just as a farmer nurtures the soil, so to must we nurture our lives through prayer and Bible study to allow the seed to grow.  And, just as the seeds bear fruit and more seeds to be planted, so to we must plant the Word of God in the world around us.

In our productivity of planting the Word of God in people around us, we must understand that although the harvest is important, for us the plating of seeds is most important.  People cannot know Jesus if we do not plant His Word in them, directly and by our example.  Plant seeds, nurture, be still, then watch what God can do with our work.

During my teaching days, in my classroom, I have a sign that says it all:

The Judgment of my day is based not on my harvest
But Rather,
By the service I give in sowing the seeds that I plant.

Show your faith, pray, study the Bible, and plant the Seed of God in the people around you.  Set the Good Example and watch the harvest of your seeds grow.  


Thanks be to God

© Lonnie Coggins        
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