Tend the Seed
What happened to the good ole days when the clock seemed to tick slower and there was more time to walk barefoot in the creek, chase after the fireflies and listen to the crickets chirp?
Yes, I used to chase fireflies —gather a few in a mason jar and you have a great flash light. And believe it or not, I even went “froggin” a time or two back in days gone by.
You guessed it—I wasn’t much of a girly-girl. While my sister was inside playing with Barbie, I was outside getting into who-knows-what. To this day my mom still wonders what some of the stains on my britches were.
My, how times have changed. Now, instead of heading to the pond, I rush home from work only to encounter more responsibilities and obligations. I, like so many people, have gotten so busy that I forget to look around me and see the magnificence and glory that surround me.
Take for instance the magnificence of a corn field—yes, a corn field.
We drive by them and give them no thought, but stop and consider this…
One small kernel of corn, if planted and cared for properly, can produce 200-300 kernels of corn. The God of creation is still creating.
Only God, in His infinite wisdom could have come up with an idea as grand as this. Just think of all the uses of corn—it feeds our families, it makes an awesome snack when it’s popped, it feeds our livestock, it can fuel our cars, and even decorate our porches during the fall. All this—from one little kernel.
But what happens if that seed isn’t planted? It lies there, unfruitful, never reaching its full potential, never fulfilling its created purpose.
The same God that created that corn created you and I and no matter how busy we get with life, we have to allow the creation we are to become the creation we are intended to be—just like the corn seed.
Like that corn, we must plant the Word of God in fertile soil, deep in our hearts.
And just as the farmer tends to his crops to prevent pests and disease, we too must carefully guard the Word of God we plant in our lives.
As we tend to it, plucking the weeds of complaints, gossip and laziness, we must also treat it with joy, laughter and love to prevent the diseases of anger, bitterness and unforgiveness. These pesky weeds and diseases are fatal to the crop that we can produce.
Yes, life is busy but we must take the time to stop and consider the corn field, walk barefoot in the grass, and above all, plant and cultivate the Word of God in our life. As we do, the God of Heaven and Earth will consume us, empower our dreams and produce a crop yielding 200-300 times more than we ever imagined.
Yes, God created the Heavens and Earth, but He didn’t stop there. He is still busy at work today—in the corn field, in you and in me.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Psalm 1:1-3 NIV
