I remember an activity we had in primary school; we were given a small seed, a cup, and some soil. The teacher said, “Plant it and keep watering it every day.”
Why not?, I thought. Who doesn’t love a practical task?
So every morning, afternoon and evening, we would rush to our little cups, hoping something had happened. For days, nothing changed. The soil looked the same, still, we kept watering and waiting. Deep down, we believed something was going to happen even if we could not see it yet.
Jesus also said, ‘The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how.’
Mark 4:26 – 27 (NLT)
That’s exactly how it is with the word of God after you receive it.
The seed enters your heart quietly, and even though nothing seems to shift on the outside immediately, something begins beneath the surface.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23 (KJV)
Cultivating the word is not about forcing anything to happen, it’s about returning to it, watering it with meditation, guarding it with prayer, and protecting it from the things that choke growth.
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void…”
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
Sometimes the hardest part of this process is the waiting. Staying committed when the ground looks unchanged. Holding on to the promise even when your emotions beg for tangible evidence. This is usually the moment people give up, the moment right before the first sprout appears.
If you keep tending to that seed; speaking the word, praying the word, choosing the word even when it feels slow, growth comes and things happen. It may start small but that is a sign that God has been working all along. His word never stays redundant, it always produces because it carries power.
Don’t abandon your seed. Don’t walk away from those scriptures and promises He gave you.
Be reminded that every harvest takes time. Stay with the word, your seed is growing.
Shalom!
In Plain Sight 
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