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Seeds Of Obedience
JAS 5:7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer
waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too,
be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.
While in prayer I saw an interesting vision that might encourage you today. First I
saw a person with a bag slung around their shoulder that said "Seeds of obedience" on the side of it. Then this person
made their way out very reluctantly into a large dirt field that from the sky said "The field of your life". They reached
into their seed bag and carefully planted the seeds of obedience into the field of their life, and you could tell that
doing all this took great courage on their part. Then the person went into the treeline and sat in a chair to watch the
seeds grow. When the seeds did not grow immediately they got impatient and ran out into the field to see if there was even
a sprout there yet, but it was too soon. Then they started yelling at the seeds to grow and then asked God why the seeds were
not producing any fruit yet? Then God spoke, "Be patient, your seeds of obedience will produce good fruit in time".
DT 28:1 If you fully obey the LORD your
God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
There are many people that have recently taken brave steps to be fully obedient
to God in certain areas of their lives where they have not been consistently obedient in the past. Many have recently
quit addictions, started giving to God financially, forgiven their old enemies, are walking in love, and basically
just doing what God has been needing them to do in order for Him to help and bless them. Because of old fears this
has been a great act of faith on their part to let these old security idols go and do what's right. Some
of us have gotten frustrated and given up when we did not instantly see things turn around, but we have
sown seeds of disobedience for years that took time to bear bad fruit, so we need to be patient as it takes time for the seeds
of obedience to bear good fruit. Farmers don't yell at their crops to bear instant fruit because they
know that it takes time for them grow. We also need to be patient.
MT 7:17 Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears
bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree
that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Like it says in the above scripture God requires us to bear good fruit, not bad; so
we need to get serious about changing, or we could face eternal crop failure. God wants you to know today that your acts of
obedience have been seen by Him, and in good time they will bear you good fruit. The bad choices in our life took a while
to wreck things, so the good choices we are making now will take a little while before they fix things. Even if
you have given up in frustration and gone back to planting the bad seeds, get back up and go plant to the good
seeds again. So if you have stopped practicing your bad habits and started to practice good habits, give it some time
and things will eventually improve. Sowing the bad seeds again will only produce more bad fruit in
your life, so keep planting the good seeds of obedience and in time you will see good fruit. Be patient, trust God, and
continue sowing seeds of obedience.
GAL 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will
reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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