Starting Seeds & Faith

I love to start seeds and grow things in the spring. I am not a green thumb. In fact my thumb is quite brown. But I still love to plant the seeds and see the green sprouts come up. There is something about it that just excites me.

It's a demonstration of what faith is. When I put that seed in the dirt, it doesn't seem possible that a green plant will sprout up from that seed. But I put it in the dirt anyway, having faith that if I water it, in a few weeks something will sprout. I can't see what is going on under that dirt. For several weeks it looks as if nothing is happening, but I continue to water it, because I have faith that something will grow.

When God saved me, I put my faith in Him that He would forgive my sin and will help me grow as His child and that He will one day take me to heaven to be with Him. As I attend church and hear His Word taught, read my Bible and pray, the seed is watered in my heart. As I am convicted of sin and repent of it, the seed starts to grow and changes become evident in my life as God begins to change me and grow me up spiritually. It is a slow steady change and sometimes may not even be seen for a while.

That's why I love spring. It is a picture of faith to me. When I plant that seed, my faith is not a blind faith. I've seen the process before and I know it will happen. It's the same with my Christian faith. I've seen the process in other people and so I know it will also happen in my life too. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I haven't seen any life in those little seeds I planted, but I have faith they will grow. My faith is the substance of things hoped for. It's not an I hope so sort of hope but an I know so hope. Therefore, I have faith.