Tilling

 So many choices! Ya know, plants are just like people. Really! First, they are God’s creation and they do all serve a purpose. Shade, seeds or shelter they go thru their cycle of life all fit together in Creation’s purpose.

Where we live the soil isn’t acidic enough, so for a Hibiscus plant all you have to do is add a few coffee grounds and they are super happy! Just start blooming away. 

Some plants need lots of water, others not so much…same with sun levels, fertilizers, etc. If a plant is placed next to an incompatible plant “friend”, it dies.

You see where this is going, don’t ya?!?!

Our key to growing with God is to always be learning about how He made us. What feeds your soul? It may not be the same as your best friend, but hey it isn’t supposed to be. We all fit in His plan, with His purpose. 

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,

and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33

See? God gives us the order right there…seek first. Till that soil, feed your soul and then see what God has to bloom in your life. I think too many times in life we cut that short (limit the work of God in our lives) because we’re living it backward. Like coming at a circumstance with our preconceived idea and then tilling towards only that.  

He makes our paths straight. He always desires the best for us. His plans are waaaayyyy cooler than we can ask or imagine! One of the worst traps to fall into is to compare ourselves with the other flowers in the garden.

Work your garden ~ 

till the soil of your mind, 

feed your soul on His word and 

Bloom away!

 It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God’s field in which we are working.

I Corinthians 3:7-9 (The Message)