How Does Your Garden Grow?

“They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;

    they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord—

the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,

    the young of the flocks and herds.

They will be like a well-watered garden,

    and they will sorrow no more.”

Jeremiah 31:12

 

God desires to grow a garden in you.

The devil is also trying to grow a garden in you.

What seeds will you allow to germinate?

It really is your choice.

The old nursery rhyme we all remember from our childhood asked the question:

Mary, Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow?

It’s really not a bad question to ask yourself once in a while.

How does your garden grow?

Is it fruitful and abundant in the things of the Kingdom?

Is your garden filled with the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, etc…

Or is it filled with the works of the flesh: envy, strife, anger, etc…

Both start out as seeds.

Both need to be nurtured and cultivated.

Both will yield after its’ own kind.

Do you nurture divisiveness or peace?

Do you cultivate worry and anxiety or thankfulness and joy?

You must go back to your thought life to examine the seeds being sown.

Often the enemy of our souls will camouflage his seed.

He won’t call it ‘gossip’ instead it is labeled ‘concern’.

Unbelief often masquerades as thoughts we label ‘planning’ or ‘helping God’!

The devil appeals to the natural senses to plant thoughts; often using the scriptures.

We take our cue from Jesus who responded to Him with the

Word rightly understood and applied.

How does your garden grow?