“Plant Where You Are Blooming”
“But others fell into rich soil and produced grain, a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as had been sown.” (Matthew 13:8, Complete Jewish Bible)
“But others fell into rich soil and produced grain, a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as had been sown.” (Matthew 13:8, Complete Jewish Bible)
Dear family of friends,
You've heard it said, "Bloom where you are planted." For you, that could have been many years ago of course, when we were growing up.
So how about this now - "Plant where you are blooming."
Yeshua (Jesus) shared the parable about the farmer showing seed, in Matthew 13. This guy basically just threw it out there, as they normally did in the open field during the planting season. It is kind of like throwing grass seed on your front yard. Depending on how good your arm is, or how strong your hand-carried seed spreader works, the small seeds will fly all over – landing on good soil, bad soil (like my southern clay “dirt”!), and possibly a few scattered on the cement driveway if you get too close to the edge of the yard. But in time, hopefully, a majority of the seed will germinate and grow the grass you expect it to. You hope the money you spent on it won’t be washed away after the first hard rain.
Many of us have been casting our “seed” for a good many years now. Using the spiritual gifts we have, in our home, workplace, church or ministry, we too have been spreading seed out there, hoping it will find a dark hole in the dirt and sprout a nice green tender shoot. But also like most of us have experienced, much of the seed may not have found that desired place of planting, and it just dried up or blew away. And for what seems like many more souls now a days, many have just quit throwing, and sowing, and planting.
I have a suggestion for you, no matter what situation you currently find yourself in. If you are not in a regular gathering of committed believers, make it your daily prayer to keep asking for His direction. With the grace of the Lord, Who gives freely to those who ask of Him, trust that He will direct your steps, as that is in His heart for you. His Holy Spirit will help you overcome the fear of rejection and intimidation from the past. He does has the right place for you, in His Body of believers, for you to grow and flourish. Then you can plant and see the blooms, using your spiritual gifts.
For those who have already found that place He has put you in, where you are being joined properly together with the other members of the Body, keep planting your spiritual seeds, out of the goodness He has placed within you, and watch the blooms blossom. The people there need you. The church body as a whole needs you. And the nations of the world are waiting to see the unity of the Lord’s people expressed in love.
In other words, if you are being received somewhere by those around you, stay there, plant the seeds the Lord has given you (share your spiritual gifts) and help others grow further.
Plant where you are blooming. His promise is that the harvest will come, if we keep planting our seeds. I am believing that too.
Ahava (love) to my family of friends,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.
You've heard it said, "Bloom where you are planted." For you, that could have been many years ago of course, when we were growing up.
So how about this now - "Plant where you are blooming."
Yeshua (Jesus) shared the parable about the farmer showing seed, in Matthew 13. This guy basically just threw it out there, as they normally did in the open field during the planting season. It is kind of like throwing grass seed on your front yard. Depending on how good your arm is, or how strong your hand-carried seed spreader works, the small seeds will fly all over – landing on good soil, bad soil (like my southern clay “dirt”!), and possibly a few scattered on the cement driveway if you get too close to the edge of the yard. But in time, hopefully, a majority of the seed will germinate and grow the grass you expect it to. You hope the money you spent on it won’t be washed away after the first hard rain.
Many of us have been casting our “seed” for a good many years now. Using the spiritual gifts we have, in our home, workplace, church or ministry, we too have been spreading seed out there, hoping it will find a dark hole in the dirt and sprout a nice green tender shoot. But also like most of us have experienced, much of the seed may not have found that desired place of planting, and it just dried up or blew away. And for what seems like many more souls now a days, many have just quit throwing, and sowing, and planting.
I have a suggestion for you, no matter what situation you currently find yourself in. If you are not in a regular gathering of committed believers, make it your daily prayer to keep asking for His direction. With the grace of the Lord, Who gives freely to those who ask of Him, trust that He will direct your steps, as that is in His heart for you. His Holy Spirit will help you overcome the fear of rejection and intimidation from the past. He does has the right place for you, in His Body of believers, for you to grow and flourish. Then you can plant and see the blooms, using your spiritual gifts.
For those who have already found that place He has put you in, where you are being joined properly together with the other members of the Body, keep planting your spiritual seeds, out of the goodness He has placed within you, and watch the blooms blossom. The people there need you. The church body as a whole needs you. And the nations of the world are waiting to see the unity of the Lord’s people expressed in love.
In other words, if you are being received somewhere by those around you, stay there, plant the seeds the Lord has given you (share your spiritual gifts) and help others grow further.
Plant where you are blooming. His promise is that the harvest will come, if we keep planting our seeds. I am believing that too.
Ahava (love) to my family of friends,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.
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