Planting God's way

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5} They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
⁶ He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 

The Bible speaks of sowing (planting) in many places. It teaches us about agriculture in it's words and ways. The Lord Jesus used farming / planting words in parables and teaching lessons.  The other day, my family worked in the yard, and cleaned out our raised beds with the purpose of planting some veggies this spring (many of us in the south, like to plant on Good Friday or that week weekend).   We will plant tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and bale peppers.  (my mouth waters just thinking about it on my table for supper).

But before we could plant, there must be preparation of the grounds / dirt.  We had weeds, we had leaves and it had all types of yard debris. Not glamorous job, but it's needed work to be done.   As I raked the leaves and pull the weeds, the ground began to break up. I took my garden hoe and cleaned out the weeds and tilled the ground.  WOW, it look so clean when done,. The ground was broken up and loose. It was ready for the seeds to be planted and ready for the plant to be planted.

During this time of ground work and garden preparation, God started to speak to my heart and mind.

Many will try to plant a church but without preparations !! And I believe the practical application fits here today.  One know, it's so thrilling and so exciting to plant a church or even plant many churches, but many do not want to do the prep work, the dirty work, to prepare the ground and that's the most important thing.

Jesus said a sower went out to sow his seed. But it was only the ones that fell on good ground, that had depth was the ones that came up.God help us to plant on good ground. See text in the Bible in the New Testament chapters in Matthew 13, Mark 4 and Luke 8, just ti name a few. :-)

But dear friend, salvation comes before service, the call of salvation is come today.  God wants to save you before He can use you. For God so love the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For whosoever shall on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 

God Bless you Friend,

RevDanSam