“So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.” (Mark 4:26-29) The seed is the Word of God, and the ground is our hearts. Our hearts were created by God to bring forth fruit when His Word is planted in them. Just as a seed has to remain in the ground over time to germinate, so the Word of God has to abide in us.
Jesus said in John 15:7,
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” What would happen if you planted a seed in your garden and then dug it up each morning to see if anything was happening? It would die and never produce fruit. You have to have faith that the seed is doing what God created it to do.
Some people put God’s Word in their hearts for a day or two, but if they don’t see fruit almost immediately, they dig up the seed through their words and actions and wonder why it didn’t work. You have to leave it in the ground over time. Then, there are also different stages of growth.
Mark 4:28 says, “First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.” Many people are impatient, wanting to bypass the growth cycle and get the full ear right now. I’ve actually had to tell people that what they were believing God for was not going to happen, not because the vision wasn’t good, but because they were expecting a complete ear of corn immediately.
Look at what happened after Jesus taught His disciples these principles of the seed.
Mark 4:35 says, “And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.” In a sense, Jesus was giving them a test. On the same day that He taught them the principles of God’s Word as a seed, He gave them a seed. He said, “Let us pass over unto the other side.” He didn’t say, “Let us go halfway across and drown.” The disciples had a seed from the lips of the Creator that gave them authority over the creation. What happened? A two-hour trip turned into a fight for the disciples’ lives. Instead of using the seed the Lord had given them, they did all they knew to do in the natural and then got put out with the Lord.
In this series, John explores the Biblical teaching on how God designed His Word to work. John examines the Word as “seed,” and, from Jesus’ own teaching on the seed, develops clear insight into the dynamic operation of the Word, as well as why so many believers experience crop failures of the seed in their lives. The significance and imperative nature of speaking the word, or “confession,” will help you to understand how many Christians neutralize the power of the Word by what comes out of their mouths. You will discover that the best way to see the Word working in your life is to learn how to “go to bed” and allow God to be God and His Word to function and grow as He designed it to.
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"In 1981, John Sheasby embarked on an Abraham-like journey of faith as he emigrated with his family from South Africa to the United States. John and his wife Beverley believe that they are called to minister liberty to the Body of Christ, to loose the “graveclothes” of ignorance and deception from God’s children so that they can possess their inheritance as God’s children. They reside in Bixby, Oklahoma, from where they travel the US and to the nations to preach the goodness of God and minister his grace, liberty, and anointing."
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Liberated Living Ministries
P.O. Box 1350
Glenpool, OK 74033
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BOOKS:
"At Home In The Father's House"
"The Birthright"
"Son"
"What Right Do I Have"
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