Unless A Grain Of Wheat Falls On The Ground And Dies It Abides Alone
John 12:24. 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.
The above portion of scripture is laden with a lot of great truths. One of the principles that govern the world we live in today is the principle of seed time and harvest time. What is amazing is that all seeds have a process to go through before they can bring forth fruits and our Lord speaking on this subject highlighted the importance of the seed dying first before it can bring forth more seeds or fruit for that matter. As a believer there is no harder process than the process of having to sit back and watch your seed die, yet unless it dies it will abide alone. Whatever seeds you have been sowing give them time to die first before you ca n expect any form of harvest .a lot of time when our precious seeds are in the process of dying; money, resources, habits, selfish desires, it is usually painful to us. This is the kind of feeling you get when you sow your money, time , resources, life, good deeds ….you don’t get anything back at that same instance and because we live in a world of instant coffee , instant, tea, instant money and instant everything you will almost feel like whatever you scattered went to waste.
Psalm 126:6.He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him].
Sowing is never a pleasant experience…it is never joyful, it is painful yet if one can endure through this process of sowing and lose whatever you are holding, then undoubtedly after some amount of time through endurance you shall be able to come back with rejoicing carrying with you a harvest but the principle remains’ …unless a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die it abides alone. God also expects us to allow him to break us so that the life of Christ can also be manifested from us. We are jars of clay but within us we carry great treasure that can only come when we are exposed to painful circumstances
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
God is out to do us good but in the meanwhile we are expected to endure trials, persecution , pain, because what these things does to us is that they crush us and breaks our outer man so that the life of God that is hidden in our inner man, the spirit man can be exposed to the world and cause us to be a blessing to others but if we are adamant to die to self then we will not be fruitful in our service to God and will not bring fruit to God…unless a grain of wheat falls onto the ground and die…..It abides alone
