Genesis 8: 22 (Amplified Version)
“while the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease”.
There are certain immutable principles in life and one of them is the principle of seedtime and harvest.
In Genesis 1: 22, after God had created the plants of the earth, He blessed them and charged them to be fruitful and multiply. The same charge was repeated after the creation of man in Genesis 1: 28. However in addition to being fruitful, God charged man to also take dominion over the other created things thereby giving man the authority to use the vast resources of earth in service of humanity and God with the ultimate aim of being fruitful.
I have always been greatly fascinated by seeds. The mighty oak, was once a nut that became a seed when it found home in fertile grounds and then grew into a great tree, which is then harvested to build great furniture and mighty ships. The oak when it was a nut was a potential tree with leaves, branches, great stems and roots but could have remained a nut and these potentials would never had blossomed if the nut had not become a seed in fertile grounds. So goes the popular quote, “Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut that became a seed and held its grounds”.
Please remember that everything God has given to you today, even your life is a nut, which you can decide to eat or turn to a seed by planting same in fertile grounds. If you eat your nut, you may receive temporary nourishment but you will have lost the opportunity of giving the world the gift of the mighty oak and above all would have failed in fulfilling the purpose of your existence which is to be fruitful. The only fertile ground is in Christ and the greatest seed you can plant in Him is your life.
Go on today and plant great seeds in fertile grounds and your harvest must surely come.
God bless you.
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