The Seed of Desire

Scripture: Hebrews 12:28-29

Therefore, since we receive a Kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.

The Kingdom of God is immovable and unchangeable. Therefore, what God has spoken into existence by the breath of his mouth, has been established since the beginning of time, in which He also created.  What God says, is; and, it cannot be reversed or denied.  His Word is the solid foundation in which we can depend on with our whole hearts.  He is our rock of defense, our protector, our deliverer, or healer, our saviour and our Lord. He is faithful to every syllable of His Word.

God does not change His mind about the promises that He has made to us. Therefore, we must position ourselves to receive what God has for us. We must position our hearts to accept the blessings of God, no matter if we feel, or think that we are ready or not.  God would not put the seed of desire within our hearts to move forward, if He did not already prepare us to receive the blessing.

The sign that it is time for the manifestation of the promise in our lives, is the seed of desire that beats so loudly within our hearts, that we can hardly sleep, and wakes us before the sun rises from it's rest.  The seed of desire begins to erupt with anticipation of the promises of God coming to full manifestation.

 

Reflection:

If the seed of desire has increased for the promises of God in your life to manifest, do not try to satisfy your desire with a temporary fix in the form of a substitute. A substitute can never fulfill the desire that God himself has placed within you.  Grab hold to God's desire for you, and watch the seed give birth to a new beginning of greatness in the Kingdom of God, that cannot be shaken. 

• What desire are you trying to shake, and can't?
• What is driving you toward the seed of desire in you?
• Why are you fighting the seed of desire implanted by your maker?

Prayer:
Father God, I thank you for your patience with me through this time of preparation. I ask that you forgive me for not accepting the desire that you have put within my heart, and I repent for my unbelief. I thank you now for manifesting your promises in my life, and giving me wisdom in maintaining what you have given me. I praise you, and I glorify your name; for you alone are worthy of all praise, and there is no one like you. You have proven time and time again, that you love me; and that you want only the best for me. You have protected me, and kept me alive, because you had a plan for my life. I wholeheartedly thank and praise your unmatchless name. In Jesus Name, I pray. Amen.

Strong's Concordance Definitions:

Receive: 3880
1) to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self
a) an associate, a companion
b) metaph.
1) to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be
2) not to reject, not to withhold obedience

2) to receive something transmitted
a) an office to be discharged
b) to receive with the mind

1) by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds
2) by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)

Kingdom: 932
1) royal power, kingship, dominion, rule
a) not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom
b) of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah
c) of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom
2) a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king
3) used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah

Which cannot be shaken: 761
1) unshaken, unmoved
2) metaph. not liable to overthrow and disorder, firm stable

Let us show: 2192
1) to have, i.e. to hold
a) to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as
2) to have i.e. own, possess
a) external things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc.
b) used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship
3) to hold one's self or find one's self so and so, to be in such or such a condition
4) to hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to
a) to be closely joined to a person or a thing

Gratitude: 5485
1) grace
a) that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
2) good will, loving-kindness, favour
a) of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
3) what is due to grace
a) the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace
b) the token or proof of grace, benefit
1) a gift of grace
2) benefit, bounty
4) thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward

We may offer: 3000
1) to serve for hire
a) in the NT, to render religious service or homage, to worship
b) to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship
1) of priests, to officiate, to discharge the sacred office

Acceptable: 2102
1) in a manner well pleasing to one, acceptable

With reverence and awe: 2124
1) caution, circumspection, discretion
a) avoidance
b) a reasonable shunning
2) reverence, veneration
a) reverence toward God, godly fear, piety
3) fear anxiety, dread

References:
Blue Letter Bible. "Letter to the Hebrews 12 - (NASB - New American Standard Bible)." Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2009. 14 Dec 2009. < http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Hbr&c=12&t=NASB >

Higgins, S. (2009). The Seed of Desire. Devotions for Thought. Higgins Publishing, http://www.higginspublishing.com, http://www.devotionsforthought.blogspot.com