Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 269 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Life is Like a Seed #2

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 269 of our trek, and yesterday and for the next couple of days on our hike, we want to understand how Life is Like a Seed. There are many parallels from both a physical and spiritual perspective. If you miss any of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. Although it is still February, we know that spring will be here soon. Our pair of hawks have returned over the past month and are preparing their nest for laying their eggs in March. It is very interesting watching them each day from our office windows as they diligently and deliberately reconstruct and enlarge their nest.

Let’s continue on our trail today as we seek out more information on how our…

Life is Like a Seed

· Five Basic Conditions

In general, there are five basic physical conditions that all seeds need to germinate:

Light

Water

Soil

Time

Temperature

Similarly, Christians need these five spiritual conditions to grow. Let’s look at how and why a seed needs each of these conditions and how they spiritually apply to a Christian’s life.

1. Light

Sunlight, which changes in length and intensity throughout the year, is a plant’s signal to start germinating at the right time. It also helps show the plant which way is up and where to send its leaves to receive light so that it can produce its own food.

Notice what Psalm 119:105 states, “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” God, in His Word, shows us through daily Bible study which way to go.

Alone, man does not know how to plan his own course as mentioned in Jeremiah. 10:23, “I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.” 

As a result, he gropes in the darkness of this world, ignorant of the only way that produces true and lasting peace, happiness, and prosperity. The light of God’s Word reveals the path that leads to the kingdom of God and eternal life.

2. Water

Water is also a vital key for the life of every plant. As mentioned on yesterday’s hike, some seeds need to be immersed in water to germinate. All seeds need to absorb and fill up with water, which is the first step in germination. This happens by either a chemical trigger or a change in the seed coat.

When we accept Christ as our substitution or sacrifice for our sins so that we become holy in God’s sight, we are washed clean. A comparison to how husbands are to love their wives is how Christ loved the church which is described in Ephesians 5:25-27, "For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault."

A parallel can also be considered with baptism and the story of the Samaritan woman at the well when Christ told her in John  4:13-14, "Jesus replied, 'Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.'" 

3. Soil

Soil will determine the health and strength of a plant. The better the soil, the healthier and stronger the plant. The soil should not be too sandy or too hard,