NIGHT SEEDS
It’s been cold in the mornings here in Vegas, and we
don’t like that. Most of the time we’re spoiled with beautiful sunshine, so
when it’s gray and cold outside, sometimes I get gray and cold inside, and
that’s how I’ve been feeling most mornings lately. BUT GOD! One of the names
for God is Jehovah-jireh. It means He sees and He provides, and that’s what He
did for me. He saw that I was struggling a bit in the mornings, even though I
was quoting a scripture first thing about “this is the
day the Lord hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.”
So, what was I to do?
Well, the Lord saw that it wasn’t working, so He popped
into my mind another way to fix the situation: Night seeds! And it’s working
perfectly! The thing with our God is that He loves us so much, He’s not
satisfied with us being unhappy or struggling. He’s got a million ways to fix
things and always has a perfect answer for every possible mess we can get into!
We just need to be flexible and be willing to listen to what He downloads to us
and then do it.
He just had to drop it in my spirit once again and I had
to pull out the Preach Letter, read it, and do it.
NIGHT SEEDS
“Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor
sleep” (Psa. 121:4). That verse is talking about our God who is Spirit, and He
doesn't sleep. When we get born again of God’s gift of holy spirit, that part
of us doesn’t sleep either, but it's our body and soul that do need the sleep
while we're here on earth. If we sleep eight hours out of 24, that’s a third of
our day taken up! How can we make those sleeping hours count spiritually? One
way is to plant night seeds.
The thing that is so amazing and awesome is that
Spiritual faith can work through the night, uninhibited by our doubtful,
fearful, and oh-so-rational minds! Things are working in our unconscious,
spiritual hearts, freely.
The two following sections of scripture are vital to us
in getting great results from planting night seeds:
Jesus taught this: Mark 4:26-27: “And he said, ‘So is the
kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep,
and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not
how.” Notice that Jesus said the man planted the seed, then he immediately went
to sleep! I just love that.
Night seeds are prayers that we put out for God, Jesus,
angels, and our spirit to be working on while our bodies and minds sleep. If we
plant seeds right before we go to sleep, no rationale or emotional reaction can
get in the way to block our faith! Who we are spiritually as sons and daughters
of God Almighty, and our relationship with His son Jesus goes ahead to work
while our bodies and souls take a rest, and the solutions come as the seeds
sprout.
Then the second vital verse is Psalm 17:15: “I shall be
satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.” I looked up the Hebrew word for
“likeness.” It is “temuwnah,” and it means “what You [God] have fashioned,”
what You [God] have formed,” “the manifestation of Your favor.”
So, this verse is saying that when I wake up, I can feel
blessed by what the Lord did in the night or otherwise. He works with our seed
and helps it to get sprouting. So, I planted some prayer seeds last night and
when I got up this morning, first thing I did was go outside. I fed the two
kitties and I noticed it was way warmer this morning, and it was so quiet and peaceful
all around. I walked my property and was filled with awe that the Lord had picked
out this house and yard for me thirty years ago. I do really love it here. He
made me happy this morning with His love and I’m not disgruntled like I was
several mornings this past week!
Here are some other results I recall from utilizing God’s
blessing of night seeds:
It was Christmas time, and I got a last-minute invitation
to a Christmas party. I’d already scheduled a hair appointment for several days
after the party. When I called to reschedule, there were no appointments
available. After more than a week went by, I started getting a little worried.
I decided to try out my new discovery of planting a night seed. In light of the
worry I was feeling, I knew I needed peace about whatever the result would be
with my hair. So, I claimed John 14:27, which says, “Peace I leave with you, my
peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Even though I was feeling stressed, I prayed and planted
this peace seed. When I opened my phone first thing in the morning, I had a
text from my hairdresser offering to do my hair on a Saturday. Not only did I
get an appointment, but it was on a perfect day, so I didn’t have to miss any
work.
My best friend Jane also planted a night seed. Her seed
was concerning the promotional business she does for my writing. Facebook was
blocking the usual routes of her promotions. It was as if they were trying to
starve her out and get her to quit, and she knew it had to be changed around.
Jane didn’t get out her Bible and read the scriptures,
but she told God His own story back to Him about the lepers outside the wall in
Samaria. (It’s in 2 Kings 7). There was a great famine in the city because it
was surrounded by an enemy army, cutting off the food supply. The lepers did as
they were inspired by God, and He did a miracle. The enemy fled, leaving all
the food and goods behind. The next day, the famine was gone and the commerce
thriving!
When Jane woke up the next morning, there were more
downloads on her promotion than there had been in the last three promotions!
These results may seem small, but it just goes to prove
that our God is concerned about every little detail of our lives, and He cares
so much that He’s with us every minute of every day and every night too!
This stuff works. Remember, Spirit continues to work
while we sleep. Let’s make the hours of our sleep count in a spiritual way to
enhance our lives and the lives of others. Plant a few night seeds this week
and let me know about the blessings you experience.
Love, Carolyn
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