Keynote To Germination I

‘In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation’ 1Pet.5:10

There was king in the book of Daniel who had a dream but he did not understand the dream so he called on Daniel. And Daniel interpreted the dream to mean the king needs to humble himself so that the dream will not happen to him. Humble yourself. If someone has such a dream and gets such an interpretation, what do you think the person should do? Fall on his face immediately. God waited for twelve months yet Nebuchadnezzar did not change. After the first three months it seemed as though the dream will not happen. God can be patient but dangerous. Once it was the 12th month, he became an animal and he began to eat grass. He ate grass for 7years. I often say to the Lord, ‘I don’t want to eat grass, oh Lord’. For some people except they eat grass they would not learn. And once the process of eating grass starts, you cannot stop it. The time of seven years must pass. And seven years passed and Nebuchadnezzar said ‘I lifted up my eyes to heaven and I said heaven rules in the affairs of men’. It is good to read another person’s story and laugh but check your life. How are you responding to the dealings of God in your life? 1Pet.5:10, God is saying after you have suffered a while. There is a process, a death that needs to happen before the perfection comes. When God settles you, the people who don’t know the suffering will begin to envy you. They have refused to subject themselves to their own little suffering. Key note to germination, you need to understand the dealings of God.

Secondly, you need to understand the place of covenants. You can covenant yourself to break yourself and aid the germination like Job did [Job 31:1]. Otherwise God would have had to take him through a process. The choice is yours. God also comes into covenant with us to help us germinate and take root in Him. [Deut.29:10-13 & 18]. God says I am entering this covenant with you so that we are yoked together. So that you do not get into the corridor of power and start to bring forth strange fruit.

Prayer: Lord, help me pay close attention to the dealings of God in my life and respond appropriately. Lead me into covenants with You so that I will be yoked to You, in Jesus Name.