{"id":3371,"date":"2013-09-12T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2013-09-12T16:40:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T23:40:25","slug":"seed-sowing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/seed-sowing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SEED SOWING!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew 13:31-32<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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He told them another parable: \u2018The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It has always amazed me how some people are able to prepare soil and plant seeds that seem to explode out of the ground and bear a crop of amazing proportions. A former neighbor of ours used to raise huge Hubbard squash plants.\u00a0\u00a0 From a few round planters we could watch as the seeds grew into sprouts and soon filled the planters with green leaves.\u00a0 By harvest time he reaped several hundred pounds of squash. My experience with growing things has not produced the same results.<\/p>\n

As I meditate on the subject of sowing seeds, I am aware that in order to grow, there must be a death.\u00a0 Seeds by themselves will never reproduce and bear a crop. They will remain just a single seed. I once read that archaeologists discovered seeds of wheat that had been placed in jars and left in tombs deep inside pyramids.\u00a0 The seeds of wheat remained just as they had several thousand years earlier when placed there.<\/p>\n

For believers, there are two aspects of sowing seed.\u00a0 First, we need to be busy sowing seeds. That means sharing the gospel.\u00a0 One of the ministries we support is a Juvenile Correctional Center.\u00a0 The faithful servant who devotes his time to sowing seeds in that field called me today.\u00a0 He shared that several young men have accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts and have been baptized.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

A second aspect in sowing seed is to recognize that we are seeds<\/em>.\u00a0 That being the case, we need to die to self in order to produce the harvest that Christ desires—as we give ourselves totally to Him instead of demanding our own way.\u00a0 Increasingly we need to pray, \u201cNot my will, Lord, but Thy will be done!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Blessings, Dear Hearts, draw near to God today, trust Him completely, and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

—Pastor Cecil<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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