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Seeds – Lessons from the Garden

April 27, 2022 by Bill Leave a Comment

I posted some revelations God gave me in 2010 about gardening and I wanted to share them again for my church and others in the family of God.

“I tell you the truth, 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)

Last year I planted some corn. The seeds were dry and would stay that way, getting even drier, the longer they were left alone. If I laid one on a rock in the sun, it would not fulfill its purpose. But inside that kernel is its destiny. And when placed in the right environment and cared for properly, it will thrive. But before it can produce life…it must be buried and die.

Seeds are placed in the ground and forgotten for a time. They must be watered occasionally but basically left alone. We have to have faith that they will germinate, grow, and reproduce. If we think nothing is happening and dig them up to “check on them”, we kill them. So, we leave them alone. Do you see a correlation here about our prayers that we “plant” and faith? So we wait and imagine the bountiful harvest we are going to soon see. That’s biblical too, (1 Timothy 4:15). Soon, we see a small green shoot emerge above the surface, reaching for the sun, and it gets bigger and bigger. You know the process, and, after several weeks, we have a full grown corn plant. But something amazing has happened!

On that one corn stalk that came from that one seed, there are several ears of corn and on each ear, a hundred or more kernels. That one seed that died has now produced hundreds of seeds just like itself, its destiny. Jesus died, was buried, and “came up” desiring to reproduce after His and His Father’s kind. “We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? ..We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” (Romans 6:2,4). Plant a seed of faith today and expect it to reproduce.

Re-Revelation, The Seed

March 4, 2011 by Bill Leave a Comment

Occasionally I go back to read some of my older blog posts and am encouraged by them once again. This morning I woke up with the idea of planting seeds on my mind and when I went back to March 2006 on Revelations From The Road, the first post of that month was about seeds. I think that’s a re-revelation. So here is the post from March 17, 2006: https://roadrevelations.org/?p=71.

Have you planted any seeds lately? If this post has been helpful or encouraging to you, please leave a comment or click “Like” below.

Lessons From The Garden – The Work

March 27, 2010 by Bill 1 Comment

Given February 15, 2010

“It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.” 1 Corinthians 3:7-8 (NLT)

God started all this in the Garden of Eden. There, He made the plants, “plants bearing seed according to their kind,”, Genesis 1:12, and the seeds which contained within them everything needed for the mature plant, including more seeds. (Imagine a massive oak tree inside a tiny acorn.) It’s really not important who starts the planting process but that it is started. That’s where the work comes in. The seed will not fulfill its purpose unless it’s planted and watered and, if someone does that, the seed will do what it’s supposed to do. Afterward the one who did the work will get the reward of a bountiful harvest.

There are three ways we can look at this spiritually. The seed of Jesus is planted in us when we accept Him as Savior and we must do the “work” of watering and nurturing with God’s Word, prayer, fellowship and works. If we do those things, the seed will develop and grow in us producing good fruit. Another way is that the witnessing we do as Christians plants a seed in others but someone else does the watering and gets to see the results. We may never know what the outcome was… but God knows. Then there is the act of planting a seed of faith; giving something or helping someone and following it up with prayer and faith that God will cause it to grow. Do you have your seeds ready?

Lessons From The Garden – Seeds

March 21, 2010 by Bill Leave a Comment

Given March 5, 2010

“I tell you the truth, 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.

On that one corn stalk that came from that one seed, there are several ears of corn and on each ear, a hundred or more kernels. That one seed that died has now produced hundreds of seeds just like itself, its destiny. Jesus died, was buried, and “came up” desiring to reproduce after His and His Father’s kind. “We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? ..We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” Romans 6: 2,4. Plant a seed of faith today and expect it to reproduce.

All Things Are New

March 18, 2010 by Bill Leave a Comment

Given February 28, 2010

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV).

I love the spring time of the year. I also love gardening and long to get out in God’s creation and work the land just as soon as the weather will allow. In early March, the crocuses are already poking their heads above the soil in my part of Virginia and, finally, the snow is melting.

I have learned over many springs and summers that there are spiritual lessons to be learned in the garden. You can walk through the garden or your yard this time of year and see new life beginning to spring up everywhere. It’s all in God’s plan for His creation to go through the cycles of the seasons. We go through seasons in our lives as well; birth and newness, life and fruitfulness, dying out, then hibernation and rest, until the process starts all over again. It’s God’s plan. However, our lives do not necessarily follow the same pattern nature does; we may stay in a season for a long time or a short time. But each season has its purpose and God WILL bring us to the next one when the time is right. I’ve found that if I’m in a time of dying out or a time of rest, I just need to, “fret not”, as Jesus would say, learn from Him during this time and look to the future. Besides, even when there’s six inches of snow on the ground, all things are becoming new.