Today I want to share from Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "From Faith To Faith" devotional!
Start Planting
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
word of God, which lives and abides forever. 1 Peter 1:23
You won't really get excited about the Word of God until you realize
that it's more than just a collection of divinely-inspired promises. It's a
living force that literally carries within it the power to make those promises
become a reality in your life.
Is it tough for you to believe such a thing is possible? It shouldn't be. You see it happen in the natural world all the time.
If I were to put a tomato seed in your hand and tell you that within
that tiny, dry seed lies the power to produce a stalk thousands of times bigger
than the seed, to produce leaves and roots and round, red tomatoes, you
wouldn't have any trouble believing that, would you? You know from experience
that even though that scrawny seed doesn't look like a tomato factory, somehow,
given the right environment, it will become one.
Jesus says the Word of God works by that same principle. There's
miraculous power within it. It is a seed that, once planted by faith in a human
heart, will produce more blessings than you can imagine.
Once you grasp that, you'll get extremely excited about the Word of
God. That's what happened to me.
Over 45 years ago, I caught a glimpse of what that Word could do.
I caught a glimpse of the power within it. Before long, I had a Bible in every
room of my house, a Bible in my car, and a tape player going nearly all the
time.
I spent every possible moment in the Word of God because I wanted the
power of that Word inside me more than I wanted anything else in the world. I
knew it would blow the limits off my life, limits that had held me back and
kept me down for years. I knew that when I read it, I wasn't just reading, I
was planting seeds. Seeds of prosperity, seeds of health, seeds of
protection and seeds of victory for every area of my life.
Don't treat the Word of God like a book. It's not! It's spiritual seed
that has the supernatural power within it to produce the harvest of a lifetime.
Get excited about it and start planting today!
I LOVE this post SO much! I have seen, over the years, SO many people who "give faith a try". It is completely ridiculous to think that the God of all the universe would do something so very profound for the creation that He loves, and people want to 'try' it! Of course, when they 'tried it', absolutely nothing happened. Why? Because God ONLY answers to FAITH! And in case you are tempted by the enemy to even think that this is unfair, realize that the God of the Bible EXPECTS faith from us, and He is the very One who GIVES us a 'measure' of faith to begin with (Romans 12:3), and then gives us the 'seed' to obtain much more faith, His Word (Romans 10:17)! So USE the faith that God has given YOU, as a born again believer in JESUS. Grow that faith, and obtain even more faith, by getting into, and continually "hearing" the Word of God. There is NOTHING and NO ONE who can stop YOU, except YOU! Don't get in your own way! Dare to believe God and His Word! Dare to 'expect the unexpected"! Be aware of HIS presence continually and give Him praise NOW for what is to come! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Shadow Step":Shalom in Him!
