Ecclesiastes 11:4-5 (NLT) “Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. 5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.”
There’s a certain way that God designed everything in the universe to function. He set everything up according to the laws He’s ordained. This gives us an indication of the order in which He intends things to work. Take the process of sowing and reaping for instance, when a farmer places a seed in the ground, he doesn’t just leave it there and never tend to it again. If he is a skilled and experienced farmer, he knows the process of growth that God set up from the very beginning. He knows that the seed needs to be planted in good ground. This is ground that is rich with nutrients. He also knows that the seed will need plenty of sunlight and water to grow.
It is apparent that a seed needs the proper conditions in order to thrive, but we can never underestimate the potential that is contained within that tiny little seed. As long as it receives what it needs, it will produce what it is expected to produce.
A farmer knows the potential of a seed, and that planting it doesn’t require perfect weather. This can be said about your faith. You don’t need a perfect climate to plant a seed of faith. Some people will say, “I can’t tithe because I don’t have any extra money…” or “I can’t read the Word every day because my schedule is too packed.” These excuses do not speak to a person’s potential, but rather their climates; and as we all know so well, climates change.
We have to get beyond weather patterns and know with certainty that God has guaranteed that we all have seed. We all have faith that we can sow, and we use it to do all kinds of things that fit our own personal agendas, but when it comes to the things of God, we stop short. How is it that we can’t have faith to study God’s Word during the week, yet we expect to have it to meet our husbands? We have seed no matter what the weather looks like—no matter what your circumstances are, or what condition we are in. It’s up to us to use our faith by planting it in ground that will produce.
If you’re one of those people that will sit back and wait for things to happen and fall in your lap, you might be waiting a mighty long time. You can’t be like the farmer waiting on the perfect weather to plant a seed. Jesus Christ told us in Matthew 6:33 to seek the Kingdom of God first, above all other things! We must invest our faith in practices that please God and build our relationship with Him. These are the seeds that are guaranteed to grow.
God is not the giver of imperfect gifts. All of His gifts are extraordinary! Faith is no exception. Faith works with a mathematical precision. So, plant a seed of faith in yourself. Cultivate the good ground of your heart through God’s Word by reading and studying it. If you do this, your seeds will grow, because Heavenly Father will shine His light upon them, keep them watered, and the blessings you desire will bloom.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
“You Don’t Need Perfect Weather to Plant”, written by Kim Times, edited by Reverend Fran Mack for Sundie Morning Sistas ©2017. All rights reserved. All done to the glory of God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! SMS is dedicated to inspiring and encouraging Christian Women through the Word of God.