“The Seed”

Mondays can be a great time to enter into a new week with a fresh mindset off of God's Word from Sunday!  Entering into a new week with expectancy allows us to keep our eyes, ears, and hearts open to what God will reveal to us.

Expectation can bring disappointment when a desired outcome is not fulfilled.
Expectancy allows us to anticipate and embrace the present moment

Galatians 3:7-9
Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.  
Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,
and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham:
“All nations will be blessed through you.”  
So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Galatians 3:16 - The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.

Galatians 3:29 - If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Is "The Seed" (Jesus) in you?  
When people see and hear you,
do they see and hear someone living conformed to the world;
or do they see and hear Jesus?
 When "The Seed" (Jesus) is in us, we should no longer be living in sin.

1 John 3:9 - No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.  (Because God's Seed is inside of a Christian, there is an awareness that should cause them to stop and repent)  A true follower of Christ should not return to a lifestyle of sin.

God has called His Children to a higher standard of living with a Holy calling.  We are to be shaped more and more into the image of His Son (The Seed) every day.

How do we live up to this standard?  We have to die to our selfish desires EVERY day.  It's not an easy task, but it should be the goal to aim for EVERY day.

John 12:23-25 - Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.  Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.  (This is an example of hyperbole or extreme exaggeration that Jesus often used to show how much our devotion should be to Him)

Dying to self enables us to help multiply God's Kingdom here on earth.  When we have "The Seed" not just with us but WITHIN us, we have the capability to bear fruit by planting "The Seed" in others.

We can't plant what we don't possess.
-If you don't have "The Seed" and want Jesus to be within you, believe in Him.  Then, ask God to forgive you of your sins and ask Jesus to come into your life and lead you in His Ways.
-If God's Seed (Jesus) is in you, in whom will you plant "The Seed" this week?