Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Ever heard of the story of a seed? It is just a small and insignificant dot on our hand. If we hold on to it and do nothing with it, it will just be dormant. But if we release it, something will become of that tiny seed.

Be it the seed of an apple, orange, grape or even that of lemon. If we do nothing with it, it will still be as it is. It does not serve any purpose at all if do not release it to the earth. But if we let it sprout, we can expect the unexpected. We might not be able to identify the seed but we surely can identify the fruit it bear. The same goes for our character. For example our anger problem, if we let it be dormant, it will be as it is. But if we feed it fertilizers and nutrients, it will flourish into something unimaginable.

The same applies to any other matter. A seed will always be a seed if we do nothing about it. A broken friendship will always be broken if nobody does anything about it. A setback will always be a setback if we do not do anything to it.

We must always be active in planting the seed and not let it rot in its state of dormant. In letting it grow, we will reap a harvest and bare the fruits that we can either destroy or keep. We can then make a better judgement than to guess what will become of that seed. We will never know if we do not do anything. Whether it will bare delicious sweet apples or sour orange depends on not the seed but whether is the seed in the ground. Even if we know the seed is that of sweet apples yet we do not plant it in the ground, it will be nothing but a seed still.

God plant his seed in us awaiting it to grow into something great. In us He see a garden of strong trees. But in our own strength, we are still that weak seed needing support. With God's hand, we can grow into that huge tree in His garden so that birds and other creatures can come to us and make us their refuge. Man plant the seed but it is God who can make it grow. Our duty as God's watchmen is to do his work and plant the seeds for Him.

Therefore, may we do our utmost in praising God and doing our duty. In planting the seeds of Christ in everyone's heart. Spreading the Gospel to the end of the world. We cannot refuse the truth that end is coming. We should be ready for His coming and prepare the way for Him.