Is that too harsh? “Stop being a seed,” Holy Spirit whispered. “Let me show you what I mean.” Okay he didn’t say that specifically, but he showed me a vision of a seed and its growth and gave me scriptures to go along to explain the meaning.

A seed contains the potential, the plan, the purpose, and the promise of what it will grow to be within a hard shell. We stay just a seed when we harden our hearts or define ourselves by our limited view.

Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.‬‬

Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT

Staying a seed, we lose who we are truly meant to be. But what are we to do? How do we grow into the true form God has purposed for us?

“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you’ll have it forever, real and eternal.”‬‬

John‬ ‭12‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭MSG

Buried? Let’s look at more scripture.

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.‬‬

Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭3‬ ‭NIV

Picture your seed hidden in the soil of God. What is that soil and what is the seed doing?

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The soil we grow in is God’s love.

Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. — May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.‬‬

Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬, ‭19‬ ‭NLT

What else does a seed need to grow? Water and sunlight. Both we find represented in scripture. Let’s start with water.

that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,‬‬

Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭26‬ ‭NKJV

Water in this verse represents the word of God. In the next, water is the symbol of eternal life that flows from God.

“but whoever drinks the water I will give him will never be thirsty again! On the contrary, the water I give him will become a spring of water inside him, welling up into eternal life!”

Yochanan (Jhn)‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬ ‭CJB‬‬

The water we need to grow, God provides in abundance.

He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed, ever prosperous.

Psalms‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

We are not only rooted in the soil of God’s love, but beside streams of living water.

The last element our seed needs to grow is sunlight. These next two passages speak to the Light that shines from God and its effect on us.

But those who love the truth will come into the Light, for the Light will reveal that it was God who produced their fruitful works.‬‬

John‬ ‭3‬:‭21‬ ‭TPT

We come to the Light and we grow in and reflect the Light.

So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord’s Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord.

2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬ ‭CEV‬‬

I hope you found this allegory helpful. I can still envision the seed rooting in the soil of God’s love, being watered by the word and the Holy Spirit, and blossoming in the radiance of Jesus light. I’m reminded that inside me is exactly what kind of plant God created for me to grow into, and when I surrender my life and the hardness of my defining shell into the depths of his love, I will witness the growth, the blossoming, and the fruitfulness he produces in me.

Grace & Peace,

Sandy

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