Stop Eating The Seed

Sweet Sisters,

I want to take a minute and share a powerful concept I'm learning through Stepping Up, a journey through the Psalms of the Ascent, with Beth Moore.

PSALM 126 (HCSB)
Zion's Restoration
A song of ascents.

When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy.
Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
The LORD had done great things for us; we were joyful.
Restore our fortunes, LORD, like watercourses in the Negev.
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.

How many times have you found yourself in one of those extra special, filled with the Holy Spirit church services? You know the ones I'm talking about. As soon as you walk into the sanctuary, you just know deep in your soul that the buffet about to be set before you is meant for YOU. It's going to be a service of learning, conviction and growth! You can't wait. The music is amazing, the sermon is powerfully and clearly delivered, you find yourself convicted of a sin at the end of the sermon and your eyes and heart begin to weep with understanding. The Word has been revealed to you and you have grasped a Truth, repented of a Sin, Rededicated your life to Him, chosen Baptism; whatever the situation may be. You leave service after crying and worshiping at the Altar and feel a large burden lifted from your soul. You have sowed the Word in tears and are shouting for joy on the way home while your children are covering their ears to the TOO LOUD Worship Music playing on your car stero. This time you are going to see results from these Seeds sown, you just know it!

Can you relate? I know I can. But let's see if you can relate to this next piece of the Christian Walk.

Let me ask you this: Do you leave the Seed, God's Word, that you've sown in the ground to produce fruit or do you later in the week, after some circumstance arises go back, dig out the Seed and eat it? On Sunday we've been clearly 'touched' by a sermon at church and by Tuesday night, we're mad, upset, angry, back in the same sin and frustration/irritation that we left at the altar on Sunday! We were hungry, we couldn't wait for the sheaves to grow to Harvest from; we needed that seed to get through this old, ugly circumstance/sin that just came up again!

My Bible Study has had me chewing and chewing on this very topic for 2 weeks now. On page 82 of Stepping Up Beth writes ...."God's Word is meant to be applied to our reality.....surely God did not mean us to apply His truth to our reality because He knows how difficult this or that person (or circumstance) is to love. What just happened? We ate the seed instead of sowing it."

God is not unfaithful. He is True, Steadfast, our Rock. He desires to give us a Harvest! He keeps His promises. Take a few minutes and read Luke 8:11-15. Look at the parable of the Sower. Oh, how I long for my heart to be the richest of soil to receive His Seed! Then to sow it, wait for a harvest that only He can create and eat from the richest of fare!

As our family continues to rebuild; we are sowing the Word with our tears and choosing to patiently wait for the restoration to come.

Blessings to each of you!