I once took a day trip just southwest of our beautiful neighborhood, down into the Mississippi Delta.
It was a great afternoon of visiting with friends and meeting some new people. But after spending a few hours outside on one of the hottest days of the summer, I was ready to get back home.
As we drove along the highway, it was an endless view of soybean and cotton fields.
It was exactly what you would expect to see down in the Delta.
Every now and then, I would see a new field planted with what looked like corn from a distance. But the closer we got, I realized that the plants were not corn at all. I later found out that it is something called a Grain Sorghum Plant. It is also referred to as the Milo Plant.
I was impressed with the choice that the farmers had made in planting it. The corn, cotton, and even the soybean plant were turning brown and drying out, but this plant was lush and thriving, while the rest of the fields looked like they were in the middle of a severe drought!
Every so often, you could see a lone plant towering above the others. I thought it was strange and wondered if maybe there was something that the taller plant had that all of the others did not. After all, those seeds were prepared and packaged in the same plant. All of the seeds were sewn into the same field. They were watered with the same rain. And, they grew under the same sun.
So why were some thriving and the others not? Because it had better exposure to the things necessary for growth.
Those taller-growing plants were soaking up more water, developing stronger roots, and reaching upward to absorb more sunlight. Those plants desired the things that give life.
How about you? Friend, how are you growing?
The Bible tells us in 2 Peter 3:18 to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
Much like those plants, we need to desire more of the SON, who is the “giver of life.” (Psalm 36:9) Because without the “son”, we perish.
Without the “water of life,” which is the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of us, we will continually thirst for things that this world cannot provide.
And without the nourishment of the “Word of God”, we will still hunger for things that cannot satisfy.
Those seeds in the field were planted in good soil. That’s where it all began.
And that is where it can begin with you and me if we will seek the Lord with all of our hearts and desire that which gives eternal life.
Don’t wait! Begin this Sunday by uniting with other Christians at church and see how fast you will begin to grow!
