All throughout the winter, the Lord has been prompting me to look into farming. And the more I thought about it, the more I realize that I like the idea! And God has kept confirming the message. The situations have been right going into the Spring, and the Lord has made it easy for me to order seeds, learn about techniques, and have good land to farm on. For now, I'm taking things small scale...so 'gardening' is probably a more apt way to describe what I'm doing. But I do plan on doing more extensive farming in the future!
This morning, I was doing some research on vegetable growing--just looking into basic things. Now, I'm new to farming, so today I was mostly looking into general guidelines. I wanted to have the Lord's backing, though--I wanted to know that He was making my way perfect (Psalms 18:32). So, I asked the Lord for a sign to confirm that He did indeed want me to be doing this--researching vegetables! And right away, God was gracious to give me His Word--and I was led to the below verse at random!
"The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."
Genesis 2:15
Praise the Lord! With that, the Lord gave me new hope. I knew His backing, and I felt it, too! In continuing my research, I was looking into using raised beds for my gardening. So I looked into that a little bit. And I decided that raised beds were the best method to use. After a little more research on this, all of a sudden, I heard the Lord speak. He said:
"Look at the time..."
There was some urgency there--not harshness, but a pressing command. So I did, and it was 10:42. OK, now what?
His voice was quick to give me a next step. He told me to enter that time, 10:42, into this Hebrew Lexicon. I knew He was telling me to enter it in as the time 1042. Now, I've used this online concordance before, but this time, the Lord was so specific to guide me into it.
I heard the Lord continue:
"Enter it into the second one, not the first, not into Hebrew but to Greek".
Woah, OK! So, I used the Concordance search on the second row, 'not into Hebrew but to Greek', and entered into it the number 1042. Normally I use the top concordance, and do my word / number searches in Hebrew, but I knew the importance of obedience here. I knew all of this from God--His voice was powerful and clear. So, I obeyed this Word from the Lord. I entered the number in, not knowing what to expect. And there it was:
1042 Gabbatha= "elevated or a platform"
--a raised place, elevation
Wow! I was a little taken back by this. Raised beds?? I had just been wanting to have God's approval on my farming, and He had given it, through the scripture in Genesis. He even gave me His backing on my choice to use raised gardening beds. Praise the Lord! With so many gracious confirmations, I'm believing that all this farming research was more of God's idea than mine.
It's so nice to know that God is for so many details in our lives. He even loves my raised beds research! The more I get to know Him, the more His intricacy amazes me. It's so worth it to want to please Him. We need to wait on Him, making sure that we please Him. We need to wait until we are filled with the Spirit. That's when we can stay in step with the Spirit; that's when we can be continually approved (Galatians 5:25).
So we need to be very led. That's when we can receive true comfort! That's when we can be justified by faithful steps in Him. That's when we can be confident. We can be led, and we can have God bring us into great rewards right now!
"Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward"
Hebrew 10:35
This morning, I was doing some research on vegetable growing--just looking into basic things. Now, I'm new to farming, so today I was mostly looking into general guidelines. I wanted to have the Lord's backing, though--I wanted to know that He was making my way perfect (Psalms 18:32). So, I asked the Lord for a sign to confirm that He did indeed want me to be doing this--researching vegetables! And right away, God was gracious to give me His Word--and I was led to the below verse at random!
"The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."
Genesis 2:15
Praise the Lord! With that, the Lord gave me new hope. I knew His backing, and I felt it, too! In continuing my research, I was looking into using raised beds for my gardening. So I looked into that a little bit. And I decided that raised beds were the best method to use. After a little more research on this, all of a sudden, I heard the Lord speak. He said:
"Look at the time..."
There was some urgency there--not harshness, but a pressing command. So I did, and it was 10:42. OK, now what?
His voice was quick to give me a next step. He told me to enter that time, 10:42, into this Hebrew Lexicon. I knew He was telling me to enter it in as the time 1042. Now, I've used this online concordance before, but this time, the Lord was so specific to guide me into it.
I heard the Lord continue:
"Enter it into the second one, not the first, not into Hebrew but to Greek".
Woah, OK! So, I used the Concordance search on the second row, 'not into Hebrew but to Greek', and entered into it the number 1042. Normally I use the top concordance, and do my word / number searches in Hebrew, but I knew the importance of obedience here. I knew all of this from God--His voice was powerful and clear. So, I obeyed this Word from the Lord. I entered the number in, not knowing what to expect. And there it was:
1042 Gabbatha= "elevated or a platform"
--a raised place, elevation
Wow! I was a little taken back by this. Raised beds?? I had just been wanting to have God's approval on my farming, and He had given it, through the scripture in Genesis. He even gave me His backing on my choice to use raised gardening beds. Praise the Lord! With so many gracious confirmations, I'm believing that all this farming research was more of God's idea than mine.
It's so nice to know that God is for so many details in our lives. He even loves my raised beds research! The more I get to know Him, the more His intricacy amazes me. It's so worth it to want to please Him. We need to wait on Him, making sure that we please Him. We need to wait until we are filled with the Spirit. That's when we can stay in step with the Spirit; that's when we can be continually approved (Galatians 5:25).
So we need to be very led. That's when we can receive true comfort! That's when we can be justified by faithful steps in Him. That's when we can be confident. We can be led, and we can have God bring us into great rewards right now!
"Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward"
Hebrew 10:35
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