The Seeds that I Sow

Do not be fooled: You cannot cheat God. People harvest only what they plant. Galatians 6:7 (NCV)

In my devotions yesterday morning, I got a bit of a nudge from God. Sunday morning, I got that same nudge. Perhaps God is trying to tell me something. As I read the beginning paragraph in my GRACE FOR THE MOMENT Daily Bible, the opening paragraph is an excerpt from Just Like Jesus, by Max Lucado. In it, Max Lucado states, "Think of your heart as a greenhouse. And your heart, like a greenhouse, has to be managed." Hmmmmm, perhaps I need to read what this says.

My thoughts are seeds, some flowers some weeds. Uh-oh now it has my attention. Do I sow seeds of hope or seeds of doubt? Do I reap optimism or insecurity? Apparently, I need to hear this because I have heard it two times in the past two days. I am a very insecure person. I need encouraged at nearly every turn. I do not want to disappoint anyone, especially God. Yet, I am not good at waiting. I have confessed this to God, and anyone else that will listen. I do not pray for patience, because I do not relish the thought of going through tribulations. (Tribulations worketh patience Romans 5:3 KJV) so I simply seek grace and hope that I can 'eek through' life on that.

Why do some people not get flustered or impatient? Perhaps it is because they have sown the right seeds. I see that, and I whine, "But God, I do not want to be this way" yet, I do nothing to change my heart. I do not go in and roto-till under all of the weeds or rotten fruit, I allow it to flourish. I truly understand this because I have a large garden and I "put up" vegetables, fruits, and other food. I can totally relate. Why then, do I expect to reap a harvest of things that I did not plant? If I plant green beans, do I expect to harvest strawberries? No, it would be nice, but then I would only have strawberries and not the actual green beans that I planted.

The same is true with those other seeds I mentioned at the beginning. I want to have a change in my garden (my heart) I want to have a beautiful, fruitful garden, full of good, positive things (fruits and vegetables). I want to learn how to 'weed out' all of those negative thoughts, and bad seeds and only plant the good stuff!

Lord, teach me how to manage my heart just as a greenhouse has to be managed. I want to learn to do the right and positive things to allow my heart to flourish. Amen

Becki Reiser