Don’t hide…
♡ Prepare for harvest.
♡ Be ready and willing.
♡ Be expectant.
♡ Each seed has potential.
This also makes me think of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus taught his followers to be counter-culture, to live by a kingdom-culture. So what does that have to do with planting “seeds?” Everything…
Kingdom culture has values & goals aligned with Holy Scripture and led by the Holy Spirit. When we walk in the opposite, we risk easily becoming slaves to materialism and greed while building and planting on a rocky “foundation” that is sure to crumble no matter how “fruitful” it appears to be. That is the temporal. We live for the eternal. Worldly and Kingdom culture often conflict in what they coin as valuable.
One example of this is with meekness. Let’s go straight to the verse Jesus gave about meekness in Matthew 5:5. “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.”
In ancient times, meekness was a quality & value that was sought after & highly thought of. On the contrary, these days meekness is often wrongly attached to a negative connotation & to weakness.
In Greek, it is πραΰς & translated into English as praus meaning gentle or humble. It signifies gentleness with power or strength under control. It is not weakness. Instead, it is strength, a strength that is under control & surrendered to God who is in control.
Controlled strength is something we need in our world!
Meekness doesn’t mean we pretend we aren’t gifted. It means we are confident in who God created us to be & surrendered to Him. It is controlled strength.
Quite honestly, even if it isn’t something listed on our resumes, it should be something we are all seeking.
It is kind & gentle, controlled & strong.
We must not hide behind the meekness or whatever gift it is. God gave us all gifts to use & bless others with, glorifying Him always. It is not being conceited when we walk in who God created us to be. It is confidence. Godfidence is a beautiful thing & so are YOU.
So go walk in it. Use those gifts to plant the seeds. Trust God to grow the tree. Water it & yourself too. Go be the beautifully gifted person God created you to be right here right now. ♡
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