Isaiah 45:1-6 is my word. My personal word from the Lord. It is the word that lets me know beyond the shadow of a doubt that I was created for greatness. This phase of my life has now began. I have entered into a new season. My season of greatness. When seasons change, most of the time it is quietly. Without much ado. But then we begin to see the subtle differences and then gradually it becomes evident that things have changed. My season has changed. Previously Isaiah 45:1-6 was a promise. I have began to live it out. I will never forget the Passover season of 2010. The season I began to walk in the reality of the promise.
The Lord has summoned me by name and called me to fulfill my destiny. He has called me to give me a title of honor. To give me the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places. Today he has taken hold of my hand to subdue nations before me. To unarm and ungird the loins of kings to open doors before me, so that gates will not be shut. Jehovah himself goes before me to level every mountain. To break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.
The Lord will strengthen me all for the glory of his name and that I may serve his children. It is all for their benefit and his glory. I cannot explain what is going on within me right now. I just know that I will never be the same again. Never again!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Celebrate the passover
This is an excerpt from Elijah list. You can find the full article here http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word/8617
The Timetable of Passover
It's interesting to compare the timetable of Jesus' crucifixion with the Passover celebration. According to the Torah, at the time of Passover a number of events had to take place in a specific order, and at very specific times.
1. The Passover Lamb had to be selected on a specific day. Exodus 12 instructs that the Passover lamb be chosen on the 10th day of 1st month. By the time of Jesus, only lambs from Bethlehem were considered eligible to serve as Passover lambs. So the lamb born in Bethlehem was chosen and brought into Jerusalem from the east (down the Mount of Olives) and entered the city through the sheep gate. On the 10th day of 1st month Jesus, the Lamb born in Bethlehem, came down the Mount of Olives and entered Jerusalem through the sheep gate. (This is called His "triumphal entry.") As He entered, the people waved palm branches and shouted "Blessed is he that comes in the name of the LORD! Save us, Son of David!" By mass acclamation Jesus is designated as Israel's Messiah! The crowds had chosen their Passover Lamb!
2. The Lamb then had to be examined. The Torah instructed that once the lamb was chosen, it had to be carefully examined for blemishes. Only a perfect, spotless and unblemished lamb would suffice for the Passover. After arriving in Jerusalem, Jesus went to the Temple to teach. While there, He was approached by the Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians and the teachers of the Law. Each group posed difficult questions, trying to trap him. Essentially, they were looking for any blemish which might disqualify Him as Messiah. But no one could find fault with Him. He was without blemish.
3. The Leaven (impurity) must be cast out. Torah instructs that before the feast, all leaven (impurity) must be cast out of every Israelite home. Each mother took a candle and searched out impurity, removing it from her house. This regulation is still observed today. Passover is a time to cleanse every house. Every observant Jewish family carefully cleans their house before Passover. Every trace of impurity is removed. After Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, He entered the Temple and cast out the moneychangers. He was following the Biblical instruction to prepare for Passover by cleansing His Father's house.
4. The Lamb is taken to the altar for public display. On the morning of the 14th day of the 1st month, when all has been set in order, the lamb was led out to the altar. At 9 a.m. that morning, the lamb was bound to the altar and put on public display for all to see. On the morning of the 14th day of the 1st month, when all had been fulfilled, Jesus was led out to Calvary. At 9 a.m. that morning, just as the lamb was being bound to the altar, Jesus was nailed to the Cross and put on public display at Calvary.
5. The Lamb was slain at a specific time. At exactly 3 p.m. the high priest ascended the altar. As another priest blew a shofar on the temple wall, the high priest cuts the throat of the sacrificial Lamb, and declared, "IT IS FINISHED!" At 3 p.m. on that high holy day, at the moment the Passover lamb was killed, Jesus cried with a loud voice, "IT IS FINISHED," and gave up His spirit. In Greek, "It is finished" is tetelistai! It means, "The debt has been paid in full!"
The Timetable of Passover
It's interesting to compare the timetable of Jesus' crucifixion with the Passover celebration. According to the Torah, at the time of Passover a number of events had to take place in a specific order, and at very specific times.
1. The Passover Lamb had to be selected on a specific day. Exodus 12 instructs that the Passover lamb be chosen on the 10th day of 1st month. By the time of Jesus, only lambs from Bethlehem were considered eligible to serve as Passover lambs. So the lamb born in Bethlehem was chosen and brought into Jerusalem from the east (down the Mount of Olives) and entered the city through the sheep gate. On the 10th day of 1st month Jesus, the Lamb born in Bethlehem, came down the Mount of Olives and entered Jerusalem through the sheep gate. (This is called His "triumphal entry.") As He entered, the people waved palm branches and shouted "Blessed is he that comes in the name of the LORD! Save us, Son of David!" By mass acclamation Jesus is designated as Israel's Messiah! The crowds had chosen their Passover Lamb!
2. The Lamb then had to be examined. The Torah instructed that once the lamb was chosen, it had to be carefully examined for blemishes. Only a perfect, spotless and unblemished lamb would suffice for the Passover. After arriving in Jerusalem, Jesus went to the Temple to teach. While there, He was approached by the Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians and the teachers of the Law. Each group posed difficult questions, trying to trap him. Essentially, they were looking for any blemish which might disqualify Him as Messiah. But no one could find fault with Him. He was without blemish.
3. The Leaven (impurity) must be cast out. Torah instructs that before the feast, all leaven (impurity) must be cast out of every Israelite home. Each mother took a candle and searched out impurity, removing it from her house. This regulation is still observed today. Passover is a time to cleanse every house. Every observant Jewish family carefully cleans their house before Passover. Every trace of impurity is removed. After Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, He entered the Temple and cast out the moneychangers. He was following the Biblical instruction to prepare for Passover by cleansing His Father's house.
4. The Lamb is taken to the altar for public display. On the morning of the 14th day of the 1st month, when all has been set in order, the lamb was led out to the altar. At 9 a.m. that morning, the lamb was bound to the altar and put on public display for all to see. On the morning of the 14th day of the 1st month, when all had been fulfilled, Jesus was led out to Calvary. At 9 a.m. that morning, just as the lamb was being bound to the altar, Jesus was nailed to the Cross and put on public display at Calvary.
5. The Lamb was slain at a specific time. At exactly 3 p.m. the high priest ascended the altar. As another priest blew a shofar on the temple wall, the high priest cuts the throat of the sacrificial Lamb, and declared, "IT IS FINISHED!" At 3 p.m. on that high holy day, at the moment the Passover lamb was killed, Jesus cried with a loud voice, "IT IS FINISHED," and gave up His spirit. In Greek, "It is finished" is tetelistai! It means, "The debt has been paid in full!"
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Scholarships from Heaven
It's not all bad. A bad situation can somehow give rise to something good. God has aw way of taking the bad times and getting some advantage out of them. Today the Lord pointed out that he gives full scholarships to his children and he told me to look at Daniel. I had never seen it this way. Daniel Chapter 1 talks about 4 guys who got a full scholarship to the best school in the world at the time. Who knew?!!!
3And the [Babylonian] king told Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring in some of the children of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility--(B)
4Youths without blemish, well-favored in appearance and skillful in all wisdom, discernment, and understanding, apt in learning knowledge, competent to stand and serve in the king's palace--and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
5And the king assigned for them a daily portion of his own rich and dainty food and of the wine which he drank. They were to be so educated and so nourished for three years that at the end of that time they might stand before the king.
They got a free ride. Everything was paid for. Tuition, books and stationery, living expenses were catered for and in all this they got the best. It's important to note that their training was so that at the end of it all they would enter the Kings Service. I believe they did not just enter the service of the earthly king but of the Heavenly King as well. Why I'm I so sure? Because verse 17 says: "As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all [kinds of] visions and dreams." God had an agenda!
At the end of it all the King spoke to the young men and he was amazed at the wisdom they had. None equaled them. And so they entered his service and the service of the Almighty God. In every matter that needed wisdom and understanding the king found them 10 times better than all his wise advisers, magicians and enchanters.
I believe that God poured out on them his Holy Spirit described in Isaiah 11:2-3
"And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord--
And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears;"
How wonderful is the Lord?! I pray that he will pour out that same Spirit on me as I look forward to studying my masters and after I am done, I will enter the service of my King in a new capacity.
3And the [Babylonian] king told Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring in some of the children of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility--(B)
4Youths without blemish, well-favored in appearance and skillful in all wisdom, discernment, and understanding, apt in learning knowledge, competent to stand and serve in the king's palace--and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
5And the king assigned for them a daily portion of his own rich and dainty food and of the wine which he drank. They were to be so educated and so nourished for three years that at the end of that time they might stand before the king.
They got a free ride. Everything was paid for. Tuition, books and stationery, living expenses were catered for and in all this they got the best. It's important to note that their training was so that at the end of it all they would enter the Kings Service. I believe they did not just enter the service of the earthly king but of the Heavenly King as well. Why I'm I so sure? Because verse 17 says: "As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all [kinds of] visions and dreams." God had an agenda!
At the end of it all the King spoke to the young men and he was amazed at the wisdom they had. None equaled them. And so they entered his service and the service of the Almighty God. In every matter that needed wisdom and understanding the king found them 10 times better than all his wise advisers, magicians and enchanters.
I believe that God poured out on them his Holy Spirit described in Isaiah 11:2-3
"And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord--
And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears;"
How wonderful is the Lord?! I pray that he will pour out that same Spirit on me as I look forward to studying my masters and after I am done, I will enter the service of my King in a new capacity.
Transition
Since yesterday I have felt this need to get on the move. To get over the time of grief and get on with life and God is the one pushing me. He just made me laugh today because I can just hear him saying "Dad's fine, move along now." Turns out I was not the only one it happened to. Joshua 1:1-2 tells of how the Lord got Joshua moving after the death of Moses.
"...Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them - to the Israelites." I can almost hear him saying "Yeah, yeah, get over it already!" I'm so tickled! I bet God looks at us and thinks, "What's all this crying? They are in a better place you know?"
The weird thing is that I feel a whole new season of my life coming on. Like Dad's death marked the end of one phase of my life and the beginning of another. Just like it did for Joshua. He was no longer Moses' personal assistant but the leader of a tribe of people. He was the one who took them through the transition from former slaves wondering in the desert to land owners, possessing the land with every step they took.
I have wanted to get my Masters for a long time but I have never found anything that I wanted to Master in. Weird if you know me. I tend to be very decisive and can't remember any other occasion where I did not know exactly what I wanted to do. On Monday for some reason I started researching Universities and different courses of study. I also started to look up scholarships and fellowships as I am not particularly interested in struggling to pay my fees. From nowhere, I began to find all these funding opportunities that I was actually eligible for. How weird! I had never found any before. Some of the sources of funding I thought were from organizations that I had never considered before but the Lord urged me to apply. He said that in the Bible the Babylonians funded Daniels education and he outshone them all.
"...Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them - to the Israelites." I can almost hear him saying "Yeah, yeah, get over it already!" I'm so tickled! I bet God looks at us and thinks, "What's all this crying? They are in a better place you know?"
The weird thing is that I feel a whole new season of my life coming on. Like Dad's death marked the end of one phase of my life and the beginning of another. Just like it did for Joshua. He was no longer Moses' personal assistant but the leader of a tribe of people. He was the one who took them through the transition from former slaves wondering in the desert to land owners, possessing the land with every step they took.
I have wanted to get my Masters for a long time but I have never found anything that I wanted to Master in. Weird if you know me. I tend to be very decisive and can't remember any other occasion where I did not know exactly what I wanted to do. On Monday for some reason I started researching Universities and different courses of study. I also started to look up scholarships and fellowships as I am not particularly interested in struggling to pay my fees. From nowhere, I began to find all these funding opportunities that I was actually eligible for. How weird! I had never found any before. Some of the sources of funding I thought were from organizations that I had never considered before but the Lord urged me to apply. He said that in the Bible the Babylonians funded Daniels education and he outshone them all.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Praise Him you his saints!
This word shared by my newly found friend Cathy has really blessed my heart. Romans 4:18 - 22.
"[For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be.(A)
He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's [deadened] womb.(B)
No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God,
Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised.
That is why his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God)"
One of the main feelings assaulting me in this time of grief has been loneliness. An acute feeling of being all alone in the world. I have prayed to God over and over again about marriage and children in this season. Yet he has not answered in any tangible way. It is wonderful to know that just like me, Abraham had a promise. Yet there was no indication of the fulfillment of the said promise. In fact, everything looked dead. He was impotent and Sara's womb was dead. But he continued to keep his gaze on the Almighty God.He took note of his condition, but chose to dwell on God's ability instead of his own dead state.
BTW whatever God did to get rid of the impotence had long term effects on Abe. In Genesis 25 we read that he took another wife when Isaac was all grown up and Sarah had passed on, and she bore him 6 children. Nothing can beat God's viagra!!
Abraham was empowered by Faith as he gave praise and glory to God. Looking at the greatness of God and the ability of God he was able to have faith that God would do it for him. What a mighty God we serve!
Let us not look at our limitations but see God who is limitless. Nothing can stand in his way. We must keep praising him for who he is, regardless of the situation until he comes and delivers on his promises to us. He is a good God.
"[For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be.(A)
He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's [deadened] womb.(B)
No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God,
Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised.
That is why his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God)"
One of the main feelings assaulting me in this time of grief has been loneliness. An acute feeling of being all alone in the world. I have prayed to God over and over again about marriage and children in this season. Yet he has not answered in any tangible way. It is wonderful to know that just like me, Abraham had a promise. Yet there was no indication of the fulfillment of the said promise. In fact, everything looked dead. He was impotent and Sara's womb was dead. But he continued to keep his gaze on the Almighty God.He took note of his condition, but chose to dwell on God's ability instead of his own dead state.
BTW whatever God did to get rid of the impotence had long term effects on Abe. In Genesis 25 we read that he took another wife when Isaac was all grown up and Sarah had passed on, and she bore him 6 children. Nothing can beat God's viagra!!
Abraham was empowered by Faith as he gave praise and glory to God. Looking at the greatness of God and the ability of God he was able to have faith that God would do it for him. What a mighty God we serve!
Let us not look at our limitations but see God who is limitless. Nothing can stand in his way. We must keep praising him for who he is, regardless of the situation until he comes and delivers on his promises to us. He is a good God.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Grief, Sorrow and Pain
I am weary on the inside. Worn out and burnt out. Dad passed away on the 13th of March and we had a hectic few days of funeral arrangements and such. Then my friend Mama Jimmy, passed away yesterday the 22nd of March. I have not even come to terms with my dads death when a woman I consider a mother also passes away. What is this? It feels like I am under siege and only God can take me out, yet he has allowed it to happen and refuses to get me out of this sinkhole.
In the midst of all my sorrow and pain I am aware of only one thing. That I am alone. That no one can really truly know how I feel or what I am going through. That I have to go through this on my own and come out on the other side. There is a light at the end of the tunnel right? I need that light. My soul is dark and sorrowful. I need laughter and joy. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. But how far away is the morning? How many more hours before the morning comes?
Why so downcast oh my soul? Put your hope in God. I will yet praise him, my redeemer, my friend, my love, my life. I will yet praise him. In the midst of my tears, with my heart heavily burdened, I will praise the Lord my God who holds my future in his hand.
In the midst of all my sorrow and pain I am aware of only one thing. That I am alone. That no one can really truly know how I feel or what I am going through. That I have to go through this on my own and come out on the other side. There is a light at the end of the tunnel right? I need that light. My soul is dark and sorrowful. I need laughter and joy. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. But how far away is the morning? How many more hours before the morning comes?
Why so downcast oh my soul? Put your hope in God. I will yet praise him, my redeemer, my friend, my love, my life. I will yet praise him. In the midst of my tears, with my heart heavily burdened, I will praise the Lord my God who holds my future in his hand.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Haba na Haba Faith
With Dad in ICU and Mom at the end of her tether I find that my faith is challenged. How do I believe God? What do I believe for? Sometimes it seems like he would be better off with his maker and at other times he looks well enough that we think he will stick around with us for a while. Reading Heb 11 I find myself out of my league. Here are the giants of faith and I can’t even master enough to see God heal my dad. I feel like a faith loser. So I’m wondering, can I use the Haba na Haba approach to faith?
The Swahili saying Haba na Haba hujaza kibaba encourages us to do things in bite sizes in order to achieve a greater objective. What if I believed God for small things step by step? Yesterday dad came off the ventilator and I was so blessed. I celebrated one small victory. What if today I believe God that he will be able to stay awake more and even drink some tea or something else? Isn’t that faith? Then I can believe God that he will breathe without the need for oxygen the next day. And then I can believe for God to get him to a regular ward and so on and so forth. At the end of the day will my faith not have caused the mountain to move?
Most people are overwhelmed in their faith walk, just like I have been, because the level of their faith in certain areas is not quite so developed. Let us take a bite size approach to faith. Haba na Haba utajaza kibaba.
The Swahili saying Haba na Haba hujaza kibaba encourages us to do things in bite sizes in order to achieve a greater objective. What if I believed God for small things step by step? Yesterday dad came off the ventilator and I was so blessed. I celebrated one small victory. What if today I believe God that he will be able to stay awake more and even drink some tea or something else? Isn’t that faith? Then I can believe God that he will breathe without the need for oxygen the next day. And then I can believe for God to get him to a regular ward and so on and so forth. At the end of the day will my faith not have caused the mountain to move?
Most people are overwhelmed in their faith walk, just like I have been, because the level of their faith in certain areas is not quite so developed. Let us take a bite size approach to faith. Haba na Haba utajaza kibaba.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Lend and DO NOT borrow!
God is giving me such sound financial advice. I am loving it! Ecclesiastes 11:4,6
"Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap...
Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let not your hands be idle,
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well."
vs 4 talks about people who wait for ideal situations before they can sow their seed. God said to stop waiting for ideal situations before I can invest. Start where you are and work your way up. Don't say "when i have a little more money, when I get married, when ..." There will never be an ideal situation so make a habit of investing now, regardless of your situation. Sow your seed and trust Jehovah for the harvest. He is Lord of the harvest.
v6 talks about keeping busy constantly sowing your seed. Don't just do one thing. Find ways to do more than one money making activity. You never know which one will excel and or even if both will do equally well. Avoid idleness at all costs. Stay busy from morning till evening and God will bless your efforts. Instill a culture of staying busy in your children. Idleness is an enemy!
The above verses tie in perfectly with the following passage:
Deuteronomy 28:12
"The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none"
As you get busy sowing seed, God will cause his rain to come and will give you a mighty harvest. Once you get your harvest you are to lend and not borrow. I have been considering where to save or invest what God has given me but I had a wrong perspective.
1) I was thinking about investing and in my mind (for some weird reason) I was thinking, "do I really want to tie down money in some investment project".
2) I was thinking of putting the bulk of my savings into a sacco or other banking system that would lend me money in the future should I need to borrow.
Then the Lord asked me, 'What do Banks do where lending is concerned?' So I said 'they give money to an individual or organization and then ask the person to pay it back with interest.' The Lord said to me "Be the Bank!" He said to me that I should consider investing as lending money to someone who will then pay it back to me with interest, not as tying down money.
Another thing he needed to point out and correct was my expectation that I would need to borrow at some point in the future. The Lord said to line up my thinking with his word. That I will only be a lender and not a borrower. He said to align my mind and wealth creation strategy to 2 Corinthians 9:8
"And God is able to make all grace (every favor and [c]earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need [d]be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].
Is that deep or what? My motto is lend and do not borrow. I will invest only and not borrow. The situation will never be ideal. Work with what you have, where you are and God who is the Lord of the harvest will safeguard your seed and ensure you receive the harvest you are believing him for.
"Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap...
Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let not your hands be idle,
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well."
vs 4 talks about people who wait for ideal situations before they can sow their seed. God said to stop waiting for ideal situations before I can invest. Start where you are and work your way up. Don't say "when i have a little more money, when I get married, when ..." There will never be an ideal situation so make a habit of investing now, regardless of your situation. Sow your seed and trust Jehovah for the harvest. He is Lord of the harvest.
v6 talks about keeping busy constantly sowing your seed. Don't just do one thing. Find ways to do more than one money making activity. You never know which one will excel and or even if both will do equally well. Avoid idleness at all costs. Stay busy from morning till evening and God will bless your efforts. Instill a culture of staying busy in your children. Idleness is an enemy!
The above verses tie in perfectly with the following passage:
Deuteronomy 28:12
"The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none"
As you get busy sowing seed, God will cause his rain to come and will give you a mighty harvest. Once you get your harvest you are to lend and not borrow. I have been considering where to save or invest what God has given me but I had a wrong perspective.
1) I was thinking about investing and in my mind (for some weird reason) I was thinking, "do I really want to tie down money in some investment project".
2) I was thinking of putting the bulk of my savings into a sacco or other banking system that would lend me money in the future should I need to borrow.
Then the Lord asked me, 'What do Banks do where lending is concerned?' So I said 'they give money to an individual or organization and then ask the person to pay it back with interest.' The Lord said to me "Be the Bank!" He said to me that I should consider investing as lending money to someone who will then pay it back to me with interest, not as tying down money.
Another thing he needed to point out and correct was my expectation that I would need to borrow at some point in the future. The Lord said to line up my thinking with his word. That I will only be a lender and not a borrower. He said to align my mind and wealth creation strategy to 2 Corinthians 9:8
"And God is able to make all grace (every favor and [c]earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need [d]be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].
Is that deep or what? My motto is lend and do not borrow. I will invest only and not borrow. The situation will never be ideal. Work with what you have, where you are and God who is the Lord of the harvest will safeguard your seed and ensure you receive the harvest you are believing him for.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
What's happening with your seed?
Mark 4:1-34 tells the parable of the sower. God sows seed into our lives but we till the land to ensure that the seed grows. If we are lax in this area, then the seed will not produce like it is supposed to. God being a master investor, sows seed in us with the hope of gaining 30%, 60% or 100% return on his investment. The challenges in the soil will tell you where you lie at this moment in time. What is happening to the seed in you? There are four things that can happen ones the seed is planted.
Scenario 1
As soon as God sows a word or dream (seed) into your heart, the devil comes in by causing you to doubt and have unbelief. You begin to doubt that such greatness can come out of you. You begin to think that its just that, a dream. Nothing can come out of it. Sometimes you doubt that you heard God in the matter. Because of that, your seed falls to the way side. It is eaten by the birds. You never receive or welcome it and therefore it never sprouts.
Scenario 2
When God sows the seed into your life you receive the word with much joy. You believe that you are going somewhere to do something great for God. But when trouble and persecution arise because of that word sown into your life, you quickly fall away and abandon the dream. One thing you have to understand is that God told Eve “your seed shall crash his head.” The devil knows that the seed within you has the potential to totally destroy him. As such, the moment a seed is planted in you the fury of hell is released against you. Do not let trouble and persecution stop you from achieving what God has put in you.
Scenario 3
Once again the word is received with much joy and faith. But unfortunately you allow the issues of life, worries, deceitfulness of wealth and desire for other things to redirect your focus. Once a seed is planted in you, it needs to become your primary focus. Ask God to make you like a well aimed arrow so that you are always focused on the mark to hit it. Focus is crucial for the success of the dream. Do not
Scenario 4
The word is sown and received in gladness and faith. This person refuses to be deterred by trouble and persecution. They focus in on the dream and refuse to be distracted by anything at all. Issues come, wealth comes, but he stays focused, working his seed until he reaps a harvest, 30%, 60% and 100% return on the seed sown in him.
Be clear on this, that once the seed is sown in you all the fury of hell is unleashed towards you because it is through the seed that his head shall be crashed and he knows it. You carry a seed that has the potential to shake the very gates of hell and cause the devil to come unhinged. You are powerful beyond measure. The devil’s idea is to make sure that your seed does not germinate. His weapons are as follows:
1) Doubt and unbelief comes first. He poses the question “Did God really say…?”
2) When that fails he sends trouble and persecution to discourage you from even
trying.
3) When that does not work he tries to cause you to lose focus by drawing your attention to the worries of life, deceitfulness of wealth and other worldly desires.
The solution – Pray that God will make you like a well aimed arrow. Completely focused and on point to Gods glory. Nothing shall destruct you from your mark. You shall hit it every time by the Grace of God!!
Scenario 1
As soon as God sows a word or dream (seed) into your heart, the devil comes in by causing you to doubt and have unbelief. You begin to doubt that such greatness can come out of you. You begin to think that its just that, a dream. Nothing can come out of it. Sometimes you doubt that you heard God in the matter. Because of that, your seed falls to the way side. It is eaten by the birds. You never receive or welcome it and therefore it never sprouts.
Scenario 2
When God sows the seed into your life you receive the word with much joy. You believe that you are going somewhere to do something great for God. But when trouble and persecution arise because of that word sown into your life, you quickly fall away and abandon the dream. One thing you have to understand is that God told Eve “your seed shall crash his head.” The devil knows that the seed within you has the potential to totally destroy him. As such, the moment a seed is planted in you the fury of hell is released against you. Do not let trouble and persecution stop you from achieving what God has put in you.
Scenario 3
Once again the word is received with much joy and faith. But unfortunately you allow the issues of life, worries, deceitfulness of wealth and desire for other things to redirect your focus. Once a seed is planted in you, it needs to become your primary focus. Ask God to make you like a well aimed arrow so that you are always focused on the mark to hit it. Focus is crucial for the success of the dream. Do not
Scenario 4
The word is sown and received in gladness and faith. This person refuses to be deterred by trouble and persecution. They focus in on the dream and refuse to be distracted by anything at all. Issues come, wealth comes, but he stays focused, working his seed until he reaps a harvest, 30%, 60% and 100% return on the seed sown in him.
Be clear on this, that once the seed is sown in you all the fury of hell is unleashed towards you because it is through the seed that his head shall be crashed and he knows it. You carry a seed that has the potential to shake the very gates of hell and cause the devil to come unhinged. You are powerful beyond measure. The devil’s idea is to make sure that your seed does not germinate. His weapons are as follows:
1) Doubt and unbelief comes first. He poses the question “Did God really say…?”
2) When that fails he sends trouble and persecution to discourage you from even
trying.
3) When that does not work he tries to cause you to lose focus by drawing your attention to the worries of life, deceitfulness of wealth and other worldly desires.
The solution – Pray that God will make you like a well aimed arrow. Completely focused and on point to Gods glory. Nothing shall destruct you from your mark. You shall hit it every time by the Grace of God!!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Seed - Confirmation of His Word
How is this for confirmation of his word?!! God has been speaking to me about the seeds that he has sown in me and what I need to do to cause them to germinate and grow as I have blogged here below. Imagine my shock when I saw this word from Bill Yount posted on Elijah List on March 1, 2010. I have just seen it and feel the confirmation deep down where it matters. Hallelujah!! Enjoy!
Bill Yount: 2010: A Year of Germination of Seeds that Have Been Planted Over Many Years
by Bill Yount
Mar 1, 2010
John 12:24 Verily, Verily, I say unto you except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
It's as though these Seeds were Shouting, "Our Season of Death is Over!"
In the Spirit I am hearing a sound I have never heard before. It's a sound from seeds that God had planted through us that have died inside the stony hearts of many people. There had been a long season when these seeds were not heard from at all. They were silenced by death. But in spite of death, these seeds now were beginning to groan as though death itself could not keep them any longer. The very life of Christ within these seeds was now beginning to overcome death and I saw a sprouting taking place that seemed to begin to shake the gates of Hell off its hinges! It's as though these seeds were shouting, "Our season of death is over! Hallelujah, we are now coming alive!" Seeds that had died with unfulfilled dreams of God inside of them were now beginning to come alive, worshiping their Creator, as they were beginning to sprout.
"Fields of dreams" were coming true! Seeds that were planted many years ago up to this present day were beginning to germinate. Seeds we had sown of the Word of God, acts of kindness and even smiles were bringing in a harvest as germination was taking place inside of many for whom we had forgotten and given up hope.
Pregnant with God's Dream!
Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 "He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good."
Both of our daughters are expecting our first two grandchildren a month apart this year. We have been saturated with ultrasounds. Ultrasounds are amazing to look at. You begin by seeing something so small at first, and then the little members of the body begin to grow. We can't figure out how that happens, but it's the seed that makes it all happen! I believe this year will be a year of record-breaking germination taking place in the wombs of many women...even a year of surprise babies!
To germinate means "to begin to or cause to grow, or sprout." When a seed falls into the ground and dies it looks different as it begins to sprout and surface. Many ministries, jobs and dreams that have seemingly been terminated will begin to germinate and spring forth suddenly, appearing different with new dimensions this coming year. The enemy is not cutting anything away from you, but God is pruning us all to look to Him for everything.
Don't focus on your dead dream, dead job or dead ministry; listen to that seed that is now groaning to come forth in newness of life. Some jobs that have been terminated in one place will germinate in another place. Your gift will make room for you. Your gift has outgrown the room you were in! You will now need a larger room for your gift. The place where you get pregnant with God's dream is not always the same place where you give birth to it.
Seeds Have Died Forever (so you thought)!
Many seeds that have been planted inside of us by the Holy Spirit and have seemingly died forever (so you thought) are now beginning to make a noise and groan. Even things that we "thought" God had told us were over...aren't.
Twenty-five years ago I had co-written a song with a brother, which was recorded by several people, and was a blessing to many. After several years the song seemed to have finished its course of being heard. Once in a while I would type in the name of the song to see if its season was really over. I became convinced that the song had a certain season and that was it. Just two months ago, I typed in the name of the song on the iTunes store and up came the song "It's All Taken Care of, Thanks to You" just recorded by Claudelle Clarke, the queen of Reggae Gospel music from Jamaica who has been singing for forty years now. I contacted her, and since the publishing company I had signed with closed down fifteen years ago, she was unable to find the authors of the song. Sometimes when our name is overlooked or forgotten, God often uses a seed we planted to cause others to reap blessings where they did not sow and to take it further than we ever could.
In 1 Corinthians 3:6, Paul says, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not become weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
I am learning it's when I feel like fainting—is when I am actually doing well from God's point of view, and that a seed that I have sown is beginning to groan and sprout somewhere in some place, or in somebody, or in some nation!
Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministries
Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com
Bill Yount: 2010: A Year of Germination of Seeds that Have Been Planted Over Many Years
by Bill Yount
Mar 1, 2010
John 12:24 Verily, Verily, I say unto you except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
It's as though these Seeds were Shouting, "Our Season of Death is Over!"
In the Spirit I am hearing a sound I have never heard before. It's a sound from seeds that God had planted through us that have died inside the stony hearts of many people. There had been a long season when these seeds were not heard from at all. They were silenced by death. But in spite of death, these seeds now were beginning to groan as though death itself could not keep them any longer. The very life of Christ within these seeds was now beginning to overcome death and I saw a sprouting taking place that seemed to begin to shake the gates of Hell off its hinges! It's as though these seeds were shouting, "Our season of death is over! Hallelujah, we are now coming alive!" Seeds that had died with unfulfilled dreams of God inside of them were now beginning to come alive, worshiping their Creator, as they were beginning to sprout.
"Fields of dreams" were coming true! Seeds that were planted many years ago up to this present day were beginning to germinate. Seeds we had sown of the Word of God, acts of kindness and even smiles were bringing in a harvest as germination was taking place inside of many for whom we had forgotten and given up hope.
Pregnant with God's Dream!
Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 "He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good."
Both of our daughters are expecting our first two grandchildren a month apart this year. We have been saturated with ultrasounds. Ultrasounds are amazing to look at. You begin by seeing something so small at first, and then the little members of the body begin to grow. We can't figure out how that happens, but it's the seed that makes it all happen! I believe this year will be a year of record-breaking germination taking place in the wombs of many women...even a year of surprise babies!
To germinate means "to begin to or cause to grow, or sprout." When a seed falls into the ground and dies it looks different as it begins to sprout and surface. Many ministries, jobs and dreams that have seemingly been terminated will begin to germinate and spring forth suddenly, appearing different with new dimensions this coming year. The enemy is not cutting anything away from you, but God is pruning us all to look to Him for everything.
Don't focus on your dead dream, dead job or dead ministry; listen to that seed that is now groaning to come forth in newness of life. Some jobs that have been terminated in one place will germinate in another place. Your gift will make room for you. Your gift has outgrown the room you were in! You will now need a larger room for your gift. The place where you get pregnant with God's dream is not always the same place where you give birth to it.
Seeds Have Died Forever (so you thought)!
Many seeds that have been planted inside of us by the Holy Spirit and have seemingly died forever (so you thought) are now beginning to make a noise and groan. Even things that we "thought" God had told us were over...aren't.
Twenty-five years ago I had co-written a song with a brother, which was recorded by several people, and was a blessing to many. After several years the song seemed to have finished its course of being heard. Once in a while I would type in the name of the song to see if its season was really over. I became convinced that the song had a certain season and that was it. Just two months ago, I typed in the name of the song on the iTunes store and up came the song "It's All Taken Care of, Thanks to You" just recorded by Claudelle Clarke, the queen of Reggae Gospel music from Jamaica who has been singing for forty years now. I contacted her, and since the publishing company I had signed with closed down fifteen years ago, she was unable to find the authors of the song. Sometimes when our name is overlooked or forgotten, God often uses a seed we planted to cause others to reap blessings where they did not sow and to take it further than we ever could.
In 1 Corinthians 3:6, Paul says, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not become weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
I am learning it's when I feel like fainting—is when I am actually doing well from God's point of view, and that a seed that I have sown is beginning to groan and sprout somewhere in some place, or in somebody, or in some nation!
Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministries
Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com
Lessons from a seed - Part III
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Each seed within you has a climate in which it will germinate and grow. The climate may be warm, very cold or very hot. The situations of our lives are the climate we need for the germination and growth of a particular seed that God is bringing to life in us. That is why life is in seasons. Some seeds in the natural may require freezing temperatures to break dormancy while others will require forest fires (very hot temperatures) to do the same. Ever wondered why sometimes things get very hot in your life? You find yourself between a rock and a hard place and nothing seems to be working? There is a seed within you that requires those conditions in order to germinate and grow.
Sometimes everyone in your family deserts you. Family and friends give you the cold shoulder and one look at their cold eyes plunges your life into freezing temperatures. That is the temperature conducive to germinate and grow the seed within you. Sometimes all is right with the world. Life is sunny and easy. That too is the temperature required for God to germinate and grow a particular seed within you. Every season of your life is doing a work in you that will bring multiplication and fruitfulness even when you can’t see how it will happen. The seasons of your life will include cold and hot, summer time when life is bright and sunny, and winter time when things look frigid and frozen, daytime and night seasons as well. All this is to ensure that you will always have seedtime and harvest.
Christ is the light of the world. His light is a factor in ensuring that the seed that is within you germinates and grows.
Psalm 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light.
God’s light is a fountain of life.
Psalm 43:3
“O send out Your light and Your truth…” You must ask him to send light.
Isaiah 60:19
The sun shall no more be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you, but the Lord shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory and your beauty.
The dark places that you have had to pass through in life have also been necessary to bring forth a certain seed in you and though the enemy intended them for your harm, God intended it for your good.
Genesis 50:20
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Mark 4:8
And other seed [of the same kind] fell into good (well-adapted) soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing, and yielded up to thirty times as much, and sixty times as much, and even a hundred times as much as had been sown.
Mark 4:20
And those sown on the good (well-adapted) soil are the ones who hear the Word and receive and accept and welcome it and bear fruit--some thirty times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some [even] a hundred times as much.
The quality of the soil in which your seed is planted is based on the word of God. How you receive that word, accept it, and welcome it so that it can produce for you the fruit you need. You must therefore partake of the word on a daily basis and not just hear it but do the word as well in order to ensure a great harvest. What is the quality of your soil? Is it good soil?
Action Points:
1) Oxygen – Prophesy to the wind that it may come from the four corners of the earth to blow on your seed that it may live.
2) Water – Ask the Lord for rain in its season.
3) Temperature – Ask the Lord to allow the climate that will ensure the germination and sustained growth of your seed.
4) Light or darkness – Ask the Lord Jesus, the light of the world, to shine on you and ask that where necessary, darkness will come only to cause germination, growth and maturity in your life.
5) Soil – Cultivate good ground by reading, welcoming, accepting, receiving and assimilating the word of God into every area of your life.
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Each seed within you has a climate in which it will germinate and grow. The climate may be warm, very cold or very hot. The situations of our lives are the climate we need for the germination and growth of a particular seed that God is bringing to life in us. That is why life is in seasons. Some seeds in the natural may require freezing temperatures to break dormancy while others will require forest fires (very hot temperatures) to do the same. Ever wondered why sometimes things get very hot in your life? You find yourself between a rock and a hard place and nothing seems to be working? There is a seed within you that requires those conditions in order to germinate and grow.
Sometimes everyone in your family deserts you. Family and friends give you the cold shoulder and one look at their cold eyes plunges your life into freezing temperatures. That is the temperature conducive to germinate and grow the seed within you. Sometimes all is right with the world. Life is sunny and easy. That too is the temperature required for God to germinate and grow a particular seed within you. Every season of your life is doing a work in you that will bring multiplication and fruitfulness even when you can’t see how it will happen. The seasons of your life will include cold and hot, summer time when life is bright and sunny, and winter time when things look frigid and frozen, daytime and night seasons as well. All this is to ensure that you will always have seedtime and harvest.
Christ is the light of the world. His light is a factor in ensuring that the seed that is within you germinates and grows.
Psalm 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light.
God’s light is a fountain of life.
Psalm 43:3
“O send out Your light and Your truth…” You must ask him to send light.
Isaiah 60:19
The sun shall no more be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you, but the Lord shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory and your beauty.
The dark places that you have had to pass through in life have also been necessary to bring forth a certain seed in you and though the enemy intended them for your harm, God intended it for your good.
Genesis 50:20
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
Mark 4:8
And other seed [of the same kind] fell into good (well-adapted) soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing, and yielded up to thirty times as much, and sixty times as much, and even a hundred times as much as had been sown.
Mark 4:20
And those sown on the good (well-adapted) soil are the ones who hear the Word and receive and accept and welcome it and bear fruit--some thirty times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some [even] a hundred times as much.
The quality of the soil in which your seed is planted is based on the word of God. How you receive that word, accept it, and welcome it so that it can produce for you the fruit you need. You must therefore partake of the word on a daily basis and not just hear it but do the word as well in order to ensure a great harvest. What is the quality of your soil? Is it good soil?
Action Points:
1) Oxygen – Prophesy to the wind that it may come from the four corners of the earth to blow on your seed that it may live.
2) Water – Ask the Lord for rain in its season.
3) Temperature – Ask the Lord to allow the climate that will ensure the germination and sustained growth of your seed.
4) Light or darkness – Ask the Lord Jesus, the light of the world, to shine on you and ask that where necessary, darkness will come only to cause germination, growth and maturity in your life.
5) Soil – Cultivate good ground by reading, welcoming, accepting, receiving and assimilating the word of God into every area of your life.
Lessons from a seed - Part II
As mentioned in Part I, dormancy is caused by either internal factors or external factors. The major internal factor is the absence of an embryo. Such a seed, called an empty seed, will never germinate. External factors include the soil, oxygen and water levels, temperature, light or darkness etc… Each one of us was created by God with seeds within us. None of us was born empty. In that case, I want to put it to you that you are not an empty seed. As such, if your life is empty and the seeds within you are not germinating and growing, there are some external factors that need to be changed to break dormancy and bring germination and growth of the seeds that are within you.
Every dream and calling that God has put in your heart is a seed. And just like various seeds require different conditions to germinate and grow, the seasons of your life are orchestrated to ensure that the physical factors are just right to grow whatever seed the Lord wants to germinate at that point. What does that really mean?
The Holy Spirit who is the breath of God must breathe on that seed to provide the necessary ‘oxygen’ for the seed. In order for man and all that is in him to live, God must breathe on and into him the spirit of life. The breath of God, who is the Spirit of God stirs up life within the seed.
Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being.
Job 33:4
[It is] the Spirit of God that made me [which has stirred me up], and the breath of the Almighty that gives me life [which inspires me].
Ezekiel 37:5
“… Behold, I will cause breath and spirit to enter you, and you shall live;
Ezekiel 37:9
Then said He to me, Prophesy to the breath and spirit, son of man, and say to the breath and spirit, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath and spirit, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.
Then moisture must also be provided by God who sends rain in due season.
Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase and the trees of the field yield their fruit.
Deuteronomy 11:14
I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
Deuteronomy 28:12
The Lord shall open to you His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Isaiah 30:23
Then will He give you rain for the seed with which you sow the soil, and bread grain from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed in large pastures.
Zechariah 10:1
ASK OF the Lord rain in the time of the latter or spring rain. It is the Lord Who makes lightnings which usher in the rain and give men showers, and grass to everyone in the field.
James 5:18
And [then] he prayed again and the heavens supplied rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]. [I Kings 18:42-45.]
Every dream and calling that God has put in your heart is a seed. And just like various seeds require different conditions to germinate and grow, the seasons of your life are orchestrated to ensure that the physical factors are just right to grow whatever seed the Lord wants to germinate at that point. What does that really mean?
The Holy Spirit who is the breath of God must breathe on that seed to provide the necessary ‘oxygen’ for the seed. In order for man and all that is in him to live, God must breathe on and into him the spirit of life. The breath of God, who is the Spirit of God stirs up life within the seed.
Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being.
Job 33:4
[It is] the Spirit of God that made me [which has stirred me up], and the breath of the Almighty that gives me life [which inspires me].
Ezekiel 37:5
“… Behold, I will cause breath and spirit to enter you, and you shall live;
Ezekiel 37:9
Then said He to me, Prophesy to the breath and spirit, son of man, and say to the breath and spirit, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath and spirit, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.
Then moisture must also be provided by God who sends rain in due season.
Leviticus 26:4
I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase and the trees of the field yield their fruit.
Deuteronomy 11:14
I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
Deuteronomy 28:12
The Lord shall open to you His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Isaiah 30:23
Then will He give you rain for the seed with which you sow the soil, and bread grain from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed in large pastures.
Zechariah 10:1
ASK OF the Lord rain in the time of the latter or spring rain. It is the Lord Who makes lightnings which usher in the rain and give men showers, and grass to everyone in the field.
James 5:18
And [then] he prayed again and the heavens supplied rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]. [I Kings 18:42-45.]
Monday, March 1, 2010
Lessons from a seed - Part I
A seed contains an embryo that germinates and the store of food around the embryo which it consumes. If a seed does not have an embryo it is called an empty seed and will never germinate. However, a seed that has an embryo and does not germinate is not empty but is subject to external factors. Under favorable conditions, the seed begins to germinate and the embryonic tissues resume growth, developing to become a seedling.
In order to germinate and grow a seed needs the following things:
a) Water
b) Oxygen
c) Right temperature
d) Light or darkness
Once a seed is in the ground, it must get the right amount of moisture for two reasons:
a) It needs to absorb water and swell so that the seed coat can split and the embryo can break out.
b) The moisture turns the food in the seed into usable chemicals so that the embryo can partake and grow. Without the right amount of water, the seed will be dormant.
Oxygen – this is necessary for metabolism and aerobic respiration until the seed can grow leaves which it can then use to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Without oxygen the seed is dormant.
Right Temperature – the temperature affects the rate of cellular metabolism as well as the rate of growth. Seeds that have the wrong temperature remain dormant.
Light or darkness – Some seeds require light to germinate while others require total darkness to do the same.
One thing you have to understand is that a seed will not begin to grow in conditions that will not sustain it. Instead it remains dormant until such a time as all the requirements are met and can sustain its germination and growth.
In order to germinate and grow a seed needs the following things:
a) Water
b) Oxygen
c) Right temperature
d) Light or darkness
Once a seed is in the ground, it must get the right amount of moisture for two reasons:
a) It needs to absorb water and swell so that the seed coat can split and the embryo can break out.
b) The moisture turns the food in the seed into usable chemicals so that the embryo can partake and grow. Without the right amount of water, the seed will be dormant.
Oxygen – this is necessary for metabolism and aerobic respiration until the seed can grow leaves which it can then use to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Without oxygen the seed is dormant.
Right Temperature – the temperature affects the rate of cellular metabolism as well as the rate of growth. Seeds that have the wrong temperature remain dormant.
Light or darkness – Some seeds require light to germinate while others require total darkness to do the same.
One thing you have to understand is that a seed will not begin to grow in conditions that will not sustain it. Instead it remains dormant until such a time as all the requirements are met and can sustain its germination and growth.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)