potential
A week ago Saturday I planted some seeds. I have hope for the future. While there is still snow on the ground, and icy winds blowing, I have faith that one day there will be an abundance of sunshine and warmth and hopefully rain! There will be growth, maturity, & beauty!
A week ago Sunday there was life! Tiny, tiny leaves pushing through the soil! I was amazed! OVERNIGHT! These crazy little seeds had been laying in a paper bag on a shelf for months, maybe even years. Many of them could easily have been mistaken for dust and tossed aside without any thought to the life they contained, to their immense potential! How does this happen? What changed? The seed, containing the life was met by, well, actually, immersed in water. That made all the difference! All the amazing potential of the seed lay dormant until empowered by the water!
The tiniest seed can contain the biggest tree, and yet, it can lay quiet, dormant for months... even years. It can be collected, carefully preserved, organized into categories, parcelled out, packaged up pretty, shared with a friend, or even sold.
The Word of God has been referred to as a seed. In it lies life! Enormous potential, promise, and hope! And yet, don't we find, we can collect it, preserve it, organize it into categories, parcel it out, package it up pretty, share it with a friend, even sometimes, sell it, and still see very little fruit? Or maybe, no fruit?
The Spirit of God has been referred to as a river... as water. Could it be that all the amazing potential of the Word lies dormant until it is met by, or rather, immersed in the Spirit?
Do we stockpile the Word and wonder why there's no life? No fruit? No beauty? Do we view the Spirit as a mystical force with no real purpose, or do we see him as the water of life that unlocks the potential of the seed? Do we see Him as 'optional'? For that matter, do we see either one as optional? As long as we have one... we're good? I have sensed that there are those who feel that we don't need the 'power' of the Spirit, as long as we have good theology, good seed. Is it any good to have one without the other? Do we have the Word... in dry paper bags?
There is one good thing about stockpiling! There is enormous potential!! If the water ever gets to it... there will be a big crop! Maybe... overnight!
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses..."
A week ago Sunday there was life! Tiny, tiny leaves pushing through the soil! I was amazed! OVERNIGHT! These crazy little seeds had been laying in a paper bag on a shelf for months, maybe even years. Many of them could easily have been mistaken for dust and tossed aside without any thought to the life they contained, to their immense potential! How does this happen? What changed? The seed, containing the life was met by, well, actually, immersed in water. That made all the difference! All the amazing potential of the seed lay dormant until empowered by the water!
The tiniest seed can contain the biggest tree, and yet, it can lay quiet, dormant for months... even years. It can be collected, carefully preserved, organized into categories, parcelled out, packaged up pretty, shared with a friend, or even sold.
The Word of God has been referred to as a seed. In it lies life! Enormous potential, promise, and hope! And yet, don't we find, we can collect it, preserve it, organize it into categories, parcel it out, package it up pretty, share it with a friend, even sometimes, sell it, and still see very little fruit? Or maybe, no fruit?
The Spirit of God has been referred to as a river... as water. Could it be that all the amazing potential of the Word lies dormant until it is met by, or rather, immersed in the Spirit?
Do we stockpile the Word and wonder why there's no life? No fruit? No beauty? Do we view the Spirit as a mystical force with no real purpose, or do we see him as the water of life that unlocks the potential of the seed? Do we see Him as 'optional'? For that matter, do we see either one as optional? As long as we have one... we're good? I have sensed that there are those who feel that we don't need the 'power' of the Spirit, as long as we have good theology, good seed. Is it any good to have one without the other? Do we have the Word... in dry paper bags?
There is one good thing about stockpiling! There is enormous potential!! If the water ever gets to it... there will be a big crop! Maybe... overnight!
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses..."
posted by toomanywhatifs at
9:08 AM
3 Comments:
Preach it sister! What a great word for today, and well said!
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wil, at 11:06 AM
Love it! I love how you see the world!
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Anonymous, at 2:13 PM
You are so right there is plenty, plenty of seed, but not enough fruit. We need to pray for direction to the water of service so, our fruit can pop!
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Unknown, at 5:25 PM
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