He is a good gardener

In looking back on my recent trials, the Lord released a great and easing revelation.

He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” Mark4:26-29

Our future is like a garden. Our inheritances are like the trees and flowers and fruits that this garden produces. Like a gardener, the Lord tends to his people, planting, watering, and doing what is beyond our control: making things grow.

"So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow." 1 Corinthians3:7

I was reminded of my deepest longings in the times I sat in darkness. I was depressed, and as far as I could tell had no future to hope in. Yet I still expressed the longings that were planted deepest within my heart. My intuition already new what I wanted. I had no power to bring it out. Change seemed impossible. I was in a ditch I had dug, dreaming of a different future other than my current circumstances implied.

I look at my life now, and realize that the Lord had laid the seeds of my current circumstances long ago. He had laid them atop the soil so that they would not sprout. With time, pressure, love and nourishment the seed became a blossom. The seed will only grow if there is enough pressure upon it.

"For as the soil makes the sprout come us
and a garden causes seeds to grow
so the Sovereign Lord will make
righteousness and praise
spring up before all nations."
Isaiah61:11

What I am most amazed at is how perfect things have been, how He has orchestrated the circumstances just perfectly to bring me here. I am enjoying his crown of life because I persevered. For example, though lacking guidance or counsel, I was given wisdom in applying for CC then to colleges. I just feel like the timing that these things were completed was a work of God.

Even now, God is planting seeds for my future and yours. It is like he knows what we want before we do. He can do far more for us than we could ever ask or imagine. He knows well how he formed us. He knows exactly what must be done for our sanctification. And what joy to be assured that He is an artist, the master of what is truly beautiful. In us he will do great and marvelous works!

We are God's field. He tends to His gardens that they may flourish.

"The Lord will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame
You will be like a well-watered garden
like a spring whose waters never fail."
Isaiah58:11