Maureen Y. Smith - Conquering the Seeds of Destruction

As I pick back up from the Seed of Leadership, it is important for you to push through everything and then, make the conscious choice to do it. Focus on God and please don't let the confusion around you to cause you to jump in and do things outside of God's will because of the pressure you feel inside. Always let your actions represent God in truth and in leadership.

Having leadership in situations is not always easy. It takes "intentional" time with God and being obedient to His guidance. There are times that you know what you need to do but you don't want to do it because of the amount of time that is required to complete the task. It becomes important to know your limits and keep balance in your life. Also, God knows what you are equipped with and you have to believe it for yourself.

As you listen to today's podcast and uncover the last root that can be planted into you from the Seed of Opposition, it becomes important for you to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit. The adversary will keep trying to get you to follow his pattern but you must not go down that path. Seeking God daily and allowing Him to minister to you will prevent you from reacting with the Root of Attacks, not only with yourself, but with others as well.

As the adversary starts to develop the next root from the Seed of Opposition, he steps up his game causing more destructive patterns to exist with the element of intimidation and power being its guidance. Whether it is you showing intimidation to others or other people are showing it to you, God does not want anyone to think that they have control over another person. Accountability will always be given. If it is not shown here on earth, God will definitely have the last say, so please know that. 

There can be many different reasons that cause people to protest. Many times, it is based on an injustice that was done. There are times where it could be environmental, physical, political, and career-oriented. Regardless of what the nature of the protest is, your voice should be guided by the Lord and that He is ordering your steps to do His will and not the will of yourself. When you are taking a stand, please make sure that you know exactly what GOD told you to do so that it gives Him glory.

As the adversary begins to plant his next destructive seed against you, it becomes important to know what is really happening in the situation. Although the seed of opposition is coming against you from others, there may be some underlining events that have taken place with them to cause them to react in the way that they do. In every situation, please don't minimize the power that words can have positively or negatively. Listen and see also how Nehemiah continued to handle his challenges.

As you listen to today's podcast, I will continue the conversation on the importance of following the "will" of God. Although there are times that you have great intentions of doing so, there are those times that you can get pulled into other people's narratives; therefore, causing you to do or say things that are opposite of what God expects from you. Listen and discover some character traits from Nehemiah on how he operated into doing the will of God.

Whether you are new to the Conquering the Seeds of Destruction Podcast or you have been listening for awhile, one of the goals is for you to develop a close and personal relationship with Christ. How is it going? As you know, it is up to you to spend the quality time with Him and apply the things that He is teaching you and guiding you to do. Listen to today's podcast and make sure that you don't accept things that are happening without getting clarity first from God.

Now that you have journeyed through the Seed and Roots of Desire and you have also seen how Samson handled things, what have you learned? What do you think your next steps should be and how will you begin to move forward in your own situation? Remember, nothing good comes from selfish desires, especially ones that are influenced by the adversary. It may require you to make hard decisions but you can do this as long as you keep trusting God in all of it.

As God plants His new seed into you, you will see that things not only work better for you, but you have a willing desire to seek God more to please Him instead of pleasing self. You will recognize that your level of contentment is worth the effort and you realize more and more that you didn't need the things that you thought you needed or desired. Trust God's voice just as Samson did and know that God has you.