* God blessed man with the ability to procreate and cultivate.

* Both of these involve seed, which is the potential for life.

* He blessed man so he could participate in bringing about life - both human life and plant life.

* Just as there are boundaries in procreation (in marriage) there are boundaries for cultivation.

* Vs 5-7 - We come from what we were intended to cultivate.

* God puts us in the environment we were meant to influence.

* Cultivate = “to improve or develop by careful attention.”

* We don't have to try to cultivate someone else's ground.

* We don't need to try to influence someone else's environment.

* He wants stay put right where we are and be His hands and feet to cultivate the very place He put us and people He put us around!

* Acts 17:26 - “From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.”

* God determined your boundaries before you were made.

* This is why social media is so dangerous - it takes you out of your ground and engulfs you in someone else’s. (Bloom where you’re planted)

* So what do we do?

* We WORK “our” ground!

* 1) Vs 8 - We plant, just as God planted. He’s a worker.

* He took the seed (potential for life) and brought about life!

* 2) Vs 15-17 - We stay on “our” ground.

* We stay inside the boundaries created for us.

* Stay in your lane - you don’t have the grace to handle someone else’s lane!

* EX: I am not a ra-ra business coach - I am a Biblical thinker!

* My entire upbringing points to that.

* WARNING - if you don’t give God your best you won’t be able to cultivate that in which you are intended to cultivate.

* Genesis 4:12 - Cain’s curse.

* He didn’t attach WORSHIP to his WORK.