The Power to come back
We all face situations that seem like they could bury us - the loss of a loved one, bad news concerning our health, a divorce- those negative thoughts bombard our minds telling us, "It's over, you've seen your best days, that set back is going to taint your future, that lay-off is going to ruin your career. That illness is always going to limit you." It's easy to feel like we've been buried, but what's interesting is the only difference between being buried and being planted is the expectancy of what's going to happen next.
When you put a seed in the ground you don't say, "I'm burying this seed," you say, "I am planting this seed," because you know it's coming back.
We all face difficulties but you have the seed of almighty God on the inside. He breathed His life into you. When you go through disappointments, you're in tough times... you might feel like you'd been buried, but the fact is, you've simply been planted.
That means you're coming back. And you're not just going to come back, your going to come back better, increased and stronger. What was meant for your harm, God will use to your advantage. You go in as a seed, but because of the life of God, you come out blossoming, producing even more fruit.
Jesus talked about this in John 12:24. He said, "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and is planted, it will not produce fruit.." You can have a seed lying on the shelf for a lifetime, it will never become what it was created to be until you put it in the ground. It's potential will never be fully realized until it's planted. As long as it's up on the shelf where it's comfortable, where it doesn't have to stretch, doesn't have to deal with any adversities... that potential will remain locked up dormant inside. Only after it's been planted, and it goes through the process of germination- the outer shield breaks off, the new growth springs forth- that's when it will blossom and produce more fruit.
I'm sure if you were to ask the seed, it will say, " I don't wanna be planted. It's lonely in the dark by myself. It's dark. It's uncomfortable." It feels like it's been buried- can't see any light, people walking on top of it... the truth is it's not buried, it's only planted. When it's in the ground, in that dark time, something supernatural starts to happen. Although the dark is hundred times more powerful, possibly a thousand times heavier, it cannot hold the seed in.
We may be down right now but it's temporary. Your coming back. Youve got the life of God in you." The dirt says, "What are you talking about? You're nothing compared to me. You don't have a chance." Something in that seed rises up even stronger and says, "No, you cannot keep me down. I've got comeback power in my DNA. I will rise again."
Sure enough one day, that little seed breaks the surface of the earth. It smiles and says, "I told you I was coming out." It's no longer buried, no longer hidden and alone. No longer has people walking on top of it. It's got a new beginning. It's potential is being realized. As time goes by, instead of being a little seed buried in the ground, out grows into a beautiful plant, producing all kinds of bright, beautiful flowers. What happened? It went through the process of being planted.
This is what Jesus meant by living a resurrected life, dead, buried and finished. The disciples had lost heart and thought it was all over, go back to their old way of living but no!
Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life he who believes in me will never die.
People may have said your done, its finished remember who lives on the inside of you the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you.
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