In the word Matthew 13 tells us though a mustard seed is the smallest of seeds, it will produce a tree that the birds will take refuge under! WOW! If we could get this powerful revelation when we give what we have to God no matter how small God can take it and produce something great!
When a seed is planted and nutured it will produce a harvest in its time. When we plant something in the natural we have faith it will produce. Satan also knows the power of a seed and therfore he always comes behind to steal the seed.
Matthew 13 21&22 ” Yet he had not root in himself, but endureth for a little while: for when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he is offended or stumbles.” 22 he also that recieved seed among thorns is he that hears the word; and the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”
Think about it. Many of us are all gung ho when we hear the word. Then when tribulation comes becuase of the word, to test what we really believe so many of us at that point forfeit the seed.
It would be like going out and digging up the seed in the natural before it ever produced a harvest becuase it is taking time. If the devil was saying you are crazy, nothing is happening. That little seed is not going to become a tree. So you say,”Yeah your right, I can’t make that happen. I might as well dig it up and quit getting my hopes up.
That sounds silly when it comes to a natural seed, but when it somes to a spiritual seed we do this all the time. We want an overnight harvest or miracle. Jesus taught us the principle of seed time and harvest. This is becuase most of what we recieve will come this way.
This is so we could understand from our experince in the natural what to expect when a seed is planted in the spirit realm. One of my life verses is Galatians 6:9 ” Do not grow weary in well doing for you will reap in DUE SEASON if you faint not.”
Patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit that will be produced in the waiting, not in the miracle breakthroughs. Funny thing. I had already wrote this blog once and right at the part about patience the whole article deleted somehow and I had to start over.LOL. I had a choice in that moment to let patience work or get frustrated and let the enemy steal my joy.
I will admit, there was a time I would have failed that test A good thing is with the Lord we don’t fail, we just get to keep taking the test until we pass!
When our family moved into our house we had a little tiny fragile tree planted in our front yard. We thought it was dead so we almost dug it up. We were young and had no experience with trees or planting of any kind.
Now, 16 years later it is a beautiful tree that provides shade for many birds. This tree has roots that go deep. It is an Oak tree. What we couldn’t see in the natural or understand becuase of our lack of knowledge almost stole this beautiful tree that people have actually wanted to buy from us!
Father God, teach us all to trust in the power of a seed. To believe that when we have faith in you and plant, that you can do what we can’t. Help us Holy spirit to not forfeit any promises of fruit that can be produced in us through our lack of patience in the process. Any small seed that we plant in faith and trust you Father to do what only you can do will produce a mighty harvest in due time. We thank you for it in Jesus name Amen
