Allow Yourself to Grow
Planting Seeds:
When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up everyday to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and pull away the weeds- you know that the seed will grow with time.
Similarly, just do your practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead create content for the cause of good. The results will come when they are ready.
When I think of my part as a disciple for God, I think of myself as a seed planter.
Some people help dig the dirt:
They prepare people for what they are about to grow in. I like to think of this as the beginning of a relationship with God. You are preparing for what is to come.
Some people, like myself I believe, plant the seed:
They get people curious about God and what He is capable of. I do this through sharing my testimony (ask me about it by the way, it is pretty cool), and simply showing people how easy it is to be kind and love like Jesus does.
Some people water the seed:
They nourish the person and give them value in what they do. These people give the person knowledge and understanding.
Some people pick the fruit off of the tree+share with others:
They help the person begin to become a disciple and confident in what they are doing. This person is now about to start the cycle over again with someone new and we begin to grow not just trees, but forest.
And so the cycle becomes never-ending because it is like a ripple effect. The fruit is nourishing and gives life. I think that people are most theirselves when they are wrapped up in their purpose, rather than their position. It can be hard though. There is comparison, desires, and things that drag you away from the end goal. I absolutely can say that these things do not help me in my craft. If anything, it just tears me down. I constantly remind myself that these are not things that God desires for me. I push the impatience, the comparing, the jealousy out of the way, so I can make room for what God intends me to be. I embrace where God has me, even if it is not always where I want to be. I often times understand why He puts me in certain places once my chapter there begins to come to an end.
I suppose what I am getting at is that no matter where I am or what I am doing, I have purpose in why I am there. I choose to grow and use my discipleship to help others wherever I am at. I pull away the negative things that will not help me grow, and instead invest into things that will. What I am reaching for will come with time. He’s not done yet. You have to allow yourself to bloom and be uprooted where the Gardener intended.
Currently listening to:
New Thing by Hillsong Young & Free