Seed Of The Lord

The Lord speaks unlike man speaks. 

Mankind speaks according to the structures of reason. We observe an issue to contend with, and then we formulate our arguments against it according to our ability to reason and understand. We may incorporate Scripture into our argument, but it is still Scripture as we interpret and understand it. And we do all of this without even realizing it. If we are truly honest with ourselves, we must concede that more often than not, we contend for God through the lens of our own heart. 

I have found that one of the most difficult lessons we must learn as followers of Christ, is to simply be honest with ourselves. To admit that maybe we cannot see as clearly as we thought we could. To truly arrive at the end of ourselves where we have no other options left, nothing left to hide behind, and thus admit with a truly humble heart that we know nothing. To admit that the impetus for much of our contending for the word of God, is to preserve our own understanding of it. 

When the Lord speaks, He doesn’t really argue, He just plants seeds. He speaks transforming truth that is not apprehended by the mind of the flesh. And even though those truths may be overlooked at the time, the seed of that truth settles deep within a person’s psyche and begins to take root, quietly working through a person as leaven works through a lump of dough. That is why the Holy Spirit has no need to argue according to reason. He simply needs to cast His seed and allow that seed to do what it was created to do. 

May we all have faith that the Lord is capable of doing that. 

(Mark 4:26-29) Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within. And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

(Matt 13:33) He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

(1 Cor 3:6,7) I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

(Is 55:10,11) For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.