God Planted A Seed At Christmas - The Power Of The Seed In Every Season - Understanding The Season Of Christmas And The Seeds We Must Plant

GOD PLANTED A SEED AT CHRISTMAS

The Power of the Seed in Every Season

Understanding the Season of Christmas and the Seeds We Must Plant

Introduction

God governs life by seasons, and He advances His purposes through seeds. Nothing of lasting value appears suddenly without first being planted. Every harvest is the result of a seed placed in the right ground at the right time. Christmas is not only a celebration of birth; it is a revelation of God’s seed principle at work.

When we look at Christmas through spiritual understanding, we realize that God Himself participated in the law of the seed. He did not redeem the world by decree alone. He planted a seed. His Son was sown into the earth of humanity so that a global harvest of salvation could come forth.

What we plant in a season determines what we harvest in the next. The seed we plant now is what we will reap in the coming year.

THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SEED

Genesis 8:22 establishes an unchanging law. As long as the earth remains, seedtime and harvest will not cease. This means that life operates by divine order. Results do not come by wishes but by seeds.

Jesus explained this principle in Mark 4:26. The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.

The seed grows, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain. Growth is gradual, but it is guaranteed.

A seed carries future within it. It may look small, insignificant, or buried, but it contains everything needed for multiplication. When you plant a seed, you are not losing it; you are investing it into tomorrow.

GOD PLANTED A SEED AT CHRISTMAS

John 3:16 declares that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. Giving is the act of planting. God placed His most precious seed into the soil of the earth.

Isaiah 53 describes Jesus as a tender plant growing out of dry ground. Humanity was spiritually barren, yet God planted His seed there anyway. This teaches us a powerful truth. The condition of the ground does not cancel the power of the seed.

Jesus Himself affirmed this principle in John 12:24 when He said that unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. Christmas planted the seed. The cross buried it. The resurrection released the harvest.

Because God planted one Son, He harvested many sons. Romans 8:29 tells us that Jesus became the firstborn among many brethren.

HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT PLANTED THE SEED IN MARY

The planting of God’s seed did not happen by human effort or natural ability. Luke 1:35 explains that the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and the power of the Most High overshadowed her. What was conceived in her was not the result of flesh, but of divine intervention.

This reveals a deep spiritual truth. The Holy Spirit is the agent of conception in God’s kingdom. Mary did not strive, manipulate, or force the process. She received. The seed was planted when the Word was believed and accepted. Luke 1:38 records her surrender, let it be to me according to your word. The Word became seed, and the Spirit brought conception.

This teaches us that spiritual fruitfulness begins with alignment. When the Word of God meets a surrendered heart, the Holy Spirit produces life. Eternity entered time through faith, obedience, and divine power.

THE QUESTION WE MUST ASK OURSELVES

WHAT ARE WE PLANTING AND WHAT ARE WE CONCEIVING

Mary’s womb became the birthplace of salvation because her heart was fertile soil. This leads us to an unavoidable question. If God planted His seed through the Holy Spirit, what seeds are we allowing into our own hearts.

Our hearts function like spiritual wombs. Proverbs 4:23 tells us to guard our hearts because out of them flow the issues of life. Whatever we consistently receive, meditate on, and agree with eventually becomes what we conceive.

Faith is a seed. Fear is a seed. Truth is a seed. Offense is a seed. The Word of God is a seed. The voices we listen to, the thoughts we entertain, and the attitudes we nurture are all forms of planting.

If we plant fear, we conceive anxiety. If we plant bitterness, we conceive division. If we plant faith, we conceive obedience. If we plant the Word, we conceive purpose. Just as Mary conceived Christ through surrender to God’s Word, we also conceive outcomes according to what we receive and believe.

CHRISTMAS AS A STRATEGIC PLANTING SEASON

Christmas is not just an ending of a year; it is a transition season. Transition seasons are planting seasons. What you plant during transition determines what you enter next.

Many people wait for January to think about harvest, but God teaches us to sow before the season changes. Ecclesiastes 11:6 encourages us to sow our seed in the morning and not withhold it in the evening, for we do not know which will prosper.