A Day In the Life of Me

One of my favorite bible scriptures is "To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1) This scripture tells me that we all do not live in the same season - at the same time. With that being said, we should never be jealous of someone who is enjoying harvest while we are still in the planting season. Others have had to go through a season of planting just as I may be. Seeing the results they are enjoying should be an encouragement. We need to understand and trust that God is doing the very best for us in our "present" season.

We all hear of and talk about planting and "seed time." You see, seed time represents learning the will of God. Each time I choose God's will instead of my own, I'm planting a good seed that will eventually bring a harvest in my life. If I want to be victorious, I can't afford to get pulled into the world's system and doing what I feel like doing. James 1:21 says "...get rid of all uncleanness and the rampant outgrowth of wickedness, and in a humble (gentle, modest) spirit receive and welcome the Word which implanted and rooted [in your heart] contains the power to save your souls."

Our soul is our mind...it's our will and our emotions. When the Word gets rooted in there and begins to change our mind, it begins to heal our emotions and turns our will away from "self-will" onto doing the will of God. Living out of one's own soul is equivalent to staying in the wilderness. When my flesh is finally crucified and I get out of my soul (my self-will) and into doing the will of God, that's when I enter the promised land. The promised land is knowing who you are in Christ, knowing how to fellowship with Him, enjoying His presence, and having peace, contentment and joy.

Between seed time and harvest comes a time of waiting. After a seed is planted, the heat, moisture and pressure of the ground causes the outer layers or hull to crack open - then roots shoot down and dig their way through the ground. It takes time for all this to happen, and it all takes place "underground." Above the ground, you can't tell anything is happening. You see, that's the way our lives are. After we plant seeds of obedience, we feel like nothing is happening, but all kinds of things are happening inside that we can't see. And like the seed that finally bursts through the ground with that beautiful green shoot, our seeds of obedience finally break forth into a beautiful manifestation of God in our lives.