You Can't Plant A Key In The GrassJune 23rd Devotional

Read:

23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

24For,
"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever

Also:

52"Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."

One day I was thinking about seeds and how you plant different things to get a harvest. I thought about how if you plant a key in the grass it wouldn't grow there, but if you use a key to unlock a door, you would be able to get to your destination by opening the door that was locked. You can't plant a key in the grass because it will not grow there, and in verse twenty-four of 1st Peter we see that all men are like grass, and all there glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever. The flesh of man or woman is as grass that fades away, and the key is Christ Jesus. You can't plant the things of Christ in the flesh because God is not of flesh, but you can plant the word of God in your spirit where God communicates with us. All of the things that we plant in our flesh is going to fade away as well. The lawyers in Luke 11:52 didn't have a heart for God on the inside of them. Jesus was rebuking them here about them having their outward looking good, but their inward heart was rotten. Jesus was saying that they were hindering those who were trying to enter in to the things of God. The key is Christ and the Lord will unlock the things that have been planted within us by the new born again conversion. One thing that I want us to see today as we go on with our Christian walk is that we have a seed within us that is "incorruptible" and it cannot fade away, but we have to let God water that seed by our worship, prayer, and devotion. God will begin to unlock the fruit of the spirit, the revelation of making disciples, and the course we need to take to fulfill our destiny here on earth.

Prayer:

Lord we thank you for that incorruptible seed that does not fade away. We ask that you help us to have a healthy fear for you in our Christian walk, and to understand your love for us as son's and daughters. We thank you Lord that our spirit is eternal and we can let you water that great seed by us submitting to you each and everyday. Amen.

by Keith Edwards