for as long as i can remember i have been fascinated with plants. i’m thinking that having a dad that owned a garden store could be a very large contributing factor. or maybe because i found freedom in climbing trees and pure enjoyment in watering flowers when i was a child. there is something beyond extraordinary about being able to plant a seed in the ground and nurture it to life. watering, protecting, pruning. key factors to seeing the plant grow to its full potential. the Lord knows my special spot for plants. he likes to lead me to verses that are written with the analogy of a plant growing, because he loves the little things about me! since month 1 I’ve been meditating on John 15.
John 15:1-2 reads “i am the true vine; my Father is the gardener. he cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. and he prunes the branches that produce fruit to produce even more.”
how cool is it to think of the Father as a Gardener? that he prunes us to produce ultimate fruit. taking away the parts of us that are inhibiting us from getting there. and growing the parts that just need a little more help to get there.
recently I’ve been told the words “i’m the Lords little planter.” how special that my Father the Gardener sees me as his little planter. that i am able to plant seeds where my feet step, and he will do his job in watering them. wherever I go, he goes before me, but he also goes after me, and waters what I’ve touched, what I’ve planted.
a lot of my ministry here in Guatemala is planting seeds. talking to the people of Parramos and sharing my heart for the Lord, but not necessarily knowing the fruit of it. but the cool thing is that it isn’t always my job! God will take the seeds that have been planted by me, my team, my squad and start to grow them. not on my time. but all in His. because He sees more than we can, He knows when the harvest will come.
he has so much joy in me as his little planter of seeds. and so much joy in all of us, because he calls us all to be planters. and we have a growing kingdom taking root all around us.
