YOU CAN COOK IN SMALL POTS! WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A SEED?---
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
I have a pint jar of corn seeds. If needed candy corn?
IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY TO EACH PERSON'S ARGUMENT THEIR WAY IS RIGHT...
THIS IS HARMLESS. I CAN PLAY WITH SIN AND STILL BE RIGHT.
John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again
unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
WHAT IS TRUTH? IS TRUTH ABSOLUTE?
IS TRUTH REALLY TRUTH?
WHO DEFINES TRUTH?
IS TRUTH RELATIVE?
CAN ANYTHING I DESIRE AND DEMAND BE THE TRUTH?
ARE WE SO TOLERANT THAT WE ARE INTOLERANT OF THE TRUTH?
There were 19 men that boarded 4 airplanes --- THEY THINK THEY ARE RIGHT...
No matter how many innocent people die? (3,000 plus)
IF WE CAN DEFINE TRUTH? THEY ARE RIGHT, RIGHT?
WE HAVE BECOME SO SEEKER FRIENDLY THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO HURT
ANYONE'S FEELINGS.
PEOPLE USE ANGER TO MANIPULATE TRUTH?
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways
of death.
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
I don't care what you say...POPULAR OPINION DEFINES RIGHT? MAJORITY RULES RIGHT?
THIS SEEMS HARMLESS TO ME? I AM RIGHT, AT LEAST IN MY OWN EYES?
When I was a teen JOHNNY CASH sang a song: "WHAT IS TRUTH?" He sang about Viet Nam?
Sad but true: Read the Bible to see what people should do!
Read Face Book and watch the news to see what people really do.
It is hard to HEAR OPPORTUNITIES when the TV IS ALWAYS ON...
THERE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE US...
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE...
Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the
flesh. 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
I read a story of a man named William Ewart Gladstone that lived from 1809 to 1898.
Gladstone was one of the longest serving and most popular PRIME MINISTER in England.
The story was told that GLADSTONE WAS IN ONE OF THE GREATEST POLITICAL CRISIS
of his life. William Gladstone was pressed on every side and was facing opposition on
every side.
William was so heavy and he was sitting working on a speech at 2 AM and he could not
seem to find the proper words to address the House of Commons.
At 2 AM a mother of a poor family came to his door and knocked and knocked. William
answered the door and the mother was crying her SON LAY CRIPPLE, DYING. She begged
Gladstone to PLEASE, COME TO THEIR HOUSE TO COMFORT AND CONSOLE THE
DYING YOUNG MAN.
WITH ANY HESTITATION GLADSTONE LEFT HIS SPEECH PREPARATION AND WENT
TO THE BED SIDE OF THE DYING YOUNG MAN WHERE GLADSTONE LEAD THE YOUNG
MAN TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR.
Gladstone stayed the rest of the night with the family. About sunrise the young man passed
away and the family found great comfort that the Prime Minister of England stayed up all night
with the family. Gladstone closed the eyes on the corpse and went home.
Gladstone did not complain of being tired that day. He approached the day with A SMILE
OF CONFIDCE, PEACE AND POWER. The speech had to made without the proper preparation.
GLADSTONE'S SPEECH WAS A MASTERPIECE AND BECAME KNOWN AS ONE OF THE
GREATEST SPEECH OF HIS LIFE.
After the great masterpiece was delivered, Gladstone was reported to have said:
" I AM THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD TODAY."
WHERE DO I FIND TRUTH? WHO DEFINES TRUTH? GOD SAYS??
DO WE FOCUS ON THE BIGGER PICTURE? DO WE SEE PROBLEMS, WHEN GOD SAYS:
THIS PROBLEM IS COULD JUST BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!
WANT TO TALK ABOUT UNDERSTANDING? SOME ISSUES JUST DO NOT SEEM TO
MAKE A LOT OF SENSE?
CAN WE SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES?
Do we jump to the CONCLUSION more than we jump to OPPORTUNITY?
WHAT DO WE THINK WHEN THINGS GO WRONG?
THIS PROBLEM IS A REAL PROBLEM... OUR DONKEYS RUN AWAY...
1 Samuel 9:3 And the DONKEYS of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his
son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
Many seek a final destination, when we need to find joy in the menial daily task.
You might find God in chasing your dad's donkeys.
Want to talk ironic...? God's plan seems like a twisted journey that seems aimless at times...
God does not seek our approval... Ironic?
SAUL LEAVES CHASING DONKEYS AND HE COMES HOME AS THE KING ===
THIS PROBLEM MAY SEEM TWISTED, BUT GOD HAS A PLAN.
IRONIC? Ever seen the great beauty of a peacock?
The beautiful colors of blues and greens. They almost seem metallic in color,
Then the wonderful eye like formations on the long flowing tail feathers...
The ironic part of the story is that while the bird is so beautiful, ever look at the peacocks legs?
It's legs are so, so ugly...
Did God mess up while designing the peacock?
No, there is a lesson, life contains the good, the bad, and the ugly all in one package...
We have to accept the total picture of the twisted journey, love the journey, even the ugly...
Learn and apply your heart, love it all.
May seek a final destination, when we need to find joy in the menial daily task.
You might find God in chasing your dad's donkeys.
GOD'S MEN SEEM TO FIND GOD IN SOME STRANGE WAYS?
WANT TO ASK NOAH ABOUT STANDING IN THE GAP?
ASK NOAH, OPPORTUNITY CAN BE YEARS OF HARD WORK?
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in
the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved
by water.
NOAH MEANS REST?
120 YEARS OF HARD LABOR... NOAH AND HIS WIFE...THREE SONS: SHEM, HAM, JAPHETH...
THREE DAUGHTERS IN LAW... ALL BECAUSE ONE MAN... WITH GOD'S PLAN...
NOAH WAS A GAP STANDER.
Seems so many want apple sauce. Few people pick apples? Even fewer plant apple seeds?
MOST INTERCESSION AND MIRACLES ARE FOUND AS IN THE SEED FORM...
WHAT COULD THIS SEED DO? DON'T EAT THE SEED CORN?
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF ENERGY?
1. POTENTIAL ENERGY: stored energy, waiting, not productive...
2. KINETIC ENERGY: in motion, doing, action...
Potential? What does potential mean? This can make you? Break you?
There are no sadder words of pen or tongue, then to hear the words: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN???
I often speak those words over people that love to chase rainbows and have lottery dreams,
yet doing nothing with what is in their hands.
God ask, Moses, what is in your hand?
If you refuse to give when you have $10.00, what makes you think you will give if you had a 1,000?
Someone would appreciate your hug today?
John 12:24 (KJV) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die,
it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
There was a minister that became known as JOHNNY APPLE SEED...
John Chapman lived from 1774 to 1845. He traveled the USA with a message... of SEEDS.
JOHN WOULD TEACH AND PREACH THE GOSPEL OF THE SEED...
MANY ATE THE FRUIT OF JOHN CHAPMAN'S MINISTRY!
MANY SEEDS ROT? OTHER SEEDS BECOME THE GREEN BLADE?
WHY NOT ADVANCE TO BECOME THE EAR? CORN ON THE COB?
I have been pondering seeds again...
What miracles are hidden in seeds?
Yet the seed is worthless until it dies and lays in the cold damp ground...
Just when the seed accepts the cold, the rain begins...
Then hot dry... Wow, the seed learns seasons are part of growth.
Wait I want an apple... I have an apple seed in my hand... I am so hungry today...
We must learn, seeds are not about today, most seeds require much patience...
Do you know what kind of seeds you are planting today?
What kind of harvest are you expecting?
Many dream of a harvest other than what they planted?
A good seed, a good apple seed might be for the next generation?
What have you planted for them? Makes me think....
Someone would love to read a hand written note of encouragement?
Someone is hurting today and a phone call making an offering of a little prayer would lift them?
WHERE'S THE BEEF? NOTHING BUT LEAVES? FRUIT?
Matthew 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon,
but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the
fig tree withered away.
What might have been? What really is? Some having compassion make a different...
Wait for a more convenient time?
Blessed is the person that invest seeds in a sower's hands... Just my heart...
I love to ponder seeds... What miracles are hidden in seeds?
Yet the seed is worthless until it dies and lays in the cold damp ground...
Just when the seed accepts the cold, the rain begins...
Then hot dry... Wow, the seed learns seasons are part of growth.
Wait I want an apple... I have an apple seed in my hand... I am so hungry today...
Many seeds are not for today, most seeds require much patience...
Do you know what kind of seeds you are planting today?
What kind of harvest are you expecting? Many dream of a harvest other than what they planted?
A good apple seed might be for the next generation? What have you planted for them? Makes me think....
Do you ever find it hard to pray? That is when you need to pray hard.
There is no secret to life, it is a well known fact that life hinges on our ability to PRAY.
We used to say: PRAY THROUGH... don't hear that one much any more?
Why worry? You can pray.
Prayer is not for God's benefit, prayer is a submission, telling God and then listening.
Listening to the Bible, listening to God's sweet spirit. Can we hear God?
I am reading Romans, wow!
Every time you criticize someone else, you condemn yourself.
Judgmental criticism of others is a well known way of trying to escape detection in your own mistakes.
God is not easily diverted.
God sees through the smoke and will hold you accountable. Lord, help me!
January 6, 1850 in Colchester, England it was bitterly cold. A terrible snow blizzard winds blew.
Many people stayed at home instead of going to church, about 12 people attended the Primitive
Methodist Church on Artillery Street. The Preacher never showed up, so a very uneducated man
spoke on : Isaiah 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and
there is none else. The crowd of 12 left the church thinking WHAT A WASTE!
THERE WAS A 15 YEAR OLD BOY THAT SNUCK IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH TO STAY
WARM AND AVOID THE SNOW BLIZZARD. THE 15 YEAR OLD BOY ACCEPTED JESUS AS HIS
SAVIOR THAT THAT NIGHT... THE 15 YEAR OLD BOY WAS CHARLES SPURGEON ONE OF THE
GREATEST PREACHERS OF ALL MODERN TIME!
CHARLES SPURGEON PENNED THESE WORDS:
DO NOT HOLD BACK BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT PREACH IN ST. PAUL'S CATHERAL.
BE CONTENT TO TALK TO ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN A COTTAGE.
YOU CAN COOK IN SMALL POTS AS WELL AS BIG ONES.
LITTLE PIGEONS CAN CARRY GREAT MESSAGES.
EVEN A LITTLE DOG CAN BARK AT A THIEF, AND WAKE UP THE MASTER AND SAVE
THE HOUSE. DO WHAT YOU DO TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRAY FERVENTLY,
AND TRUST GOD'S ANSWER.
Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
