Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Significantly, your seed is God’s divine deposit in
you for you to become sought after and great in life. If you do not respect,
value it and trade it for profit by paying attention to it, how then will you
become sought after, great, wealthy and successful? Please see Proverbs Chapter
27 verses 23 to 27. The Bible standard is for you to diligently pay attention to;
nurture and care for whatever God blessed you with to a profit.
Divine seeds should always germinate and grow to fruition as exemplified in the seeds which fell on good ground. Unfortunately, this was not the lot of the seeds which fell among thorns. Though they germinated and grew alongside the thorns, they could not fruit as they were eventually choked to death. Herein is the crux of the matter. What exactly are thorns especially if one is not planting agricultural seeds and why avoid thorns at all costs? Thorns represent anything that is opposed to the growth and success of an enterprise. Isaac was prospering to greater greatness when the Philistines of Gerar contended with him over the land and water resources where Isaac lived and farmed. The Philistines were propelled by envy, a major thorn. Isaac towed the path of wisdom and avoided and left the contentious environment. He so soared to great wealth, success and wisdom that the envious Philistines came begging. Please take the time and patience to both read and study the entire chapter of Genesis 26.
The herdsmen of Lot contended with the herdsmen of
Abraham over grazing resources to the point of skirmishes. To avoid further
violent clashes and bloodshed, Abraham wisely separated from Lot.
Significantly, Lot and his contentious herdsmen did not enjoy the land and
grazing resources they contended for. First they were captured in war and
Abraham and his men had to rescue them. Where was that entire military prowess
they used against Abraham and his herdsmen when the chips were down. Secondly, Lot lived among very wicked people
who lived in opposition to God and His standards for human living. That very
fertile land alongside its numerous inhabitants, livestock and other material
resources were destroyed by God. It was the fervent intercession of Abraham
that saved Lot and his two daughters.
Beloved, envy, contention, strife, are forms of
thorns that quickly destroy everything, a person, an institution, a community,
a nation and even nations including everything that people have labored for.
While it is great to avoid contention and strife at all costs, it is wisest to
run away from it completely. Today, all forms of contention over resources have
turned many places on the face of the earth into theatres of war, bloodshed and
large scale destruction of what people labored for. Human blood is spilled like
water yet no one cares. Even amongst families and pathetically the Church of
Jesus Christ, contention and strife exist and sometimes threaten to tear the
body apart but thank God for Scripture which cannot be broken that the gates of
hell cannot prevail against the Church (Matthew Chapter 16 verse 18); the
Church of God is standing firm, immovable to the glory of God the Father.
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