God gave me a vision this morning that delighted my heart and fed my spirit and soul. He showed me a beautiful butterfly flittering around an amazingly colorful and prolific flower garden… but I knew the butterfly was not merely drinking nectar. It was being used for pollination purposes. This thought piqued my curiosity so I did a little research- I guess I always thought bees were the only pollinators. ( I never liked Science all that much in school so I paid as little attention as possible and I regret that now at times!) Anyway.. butterflies are great pollinators. They can see color (bees apparently don’t), and they can travel great distances so their pollination possibilities are quite far reaching. As I read and prayed through what I felt God saying to me about the connection between the vision He gave me and His Word.. He reminded me that He is the Lord of the harvest. (Matthew 9:38). He is in charge of all the pollination that occurs both in the natural kingdom, and His kingdom as well.
Pollination is almost an unseen activity, but it is very important. Without it, those flowers and plants would die! The thing we see with our natural eyes, is the butterfly (or bee or moth or bat) flying and landing, then flying again, and so on. Some of the pollen might be caught up and carried on a breeze, or some falls to earth again and is lost. The end result, however, is seen in the growth and flourishing of flowers and plants. This is what happens in nature. God reminded me, though, that our prayers are sort of like the pollen.. except for one thing. Our prayers always make it to heaven. Always. None of them get lost. None of the seeds we sow in God’s kingdom are value-less. Some are seen ( like good works) but our unseen prayers always reach their destination. The Holy Spirit carries them and they get right to where they need to be!!
The other interesting thing He showed me about this is that when we sow in prayer, and we plant seeds in His kingdom in faith and trust… the Lord of the harvest is in charge of when and where those seeds bloom! Just as in nature, there is an unseen force that is in control of how and when reaping will occur. This thought was amazing to me! Sowing seeds in one place does not always mean that is where they will bloom. He takes those prayers, and once we release them to Him, He gives the growth where He sees fit. Our job is to just keep sowing, particularly in prayer. Keep planting and “pollinating”… praying and releasing love, and the truth of God’s word into others, and like the butterfly and bee, allow God to take care of the growth. For they belong not to us, but to Him.
ICorinthians 3:6-9….
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
Father, thank You for being the Lord of the harvest. Thank You for a heavenly purpose in our lives, that is measured not always by what is seen here but by what is evident in the unseen, in the eternal Kingdom of God. Thank You for Your Word and for Your Son Jesus and the life He brings to us! Give us more opportunities to be sowers in prayer, in Love, and in Truth.
In His name I pray, Amen.
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