Some Trust In Chariots? The Potential Of The Seed.

SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS: THE POTENTIAL OF THE SEED…

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)

Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 20:7 (MSG) See those people polishing their chariots, and those others grooming their horses? But we're making garlands for GOD our God.

I START WITH A BIG JUICY APPLE IN MY HAND… I ASK HOW MANY SEEDS ARE IN THIS APPLE? Then I cut the apple open and expose the seeds. HOW MANY SEEDS ARE IN THIS APPLE? Normally there are 4 to 6 seeds… NOW LET US TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL --- I TAKE ONE SEED AND I ASK THE QUESTION: HOW MANY APPLES ARE IN THIS SEED? Let us consider the power of the seed… It will take 3 to 4 years or longer to produce apples. In the life span of a healthy apple tree hundreds, many thousands of apples can be produced. The apple tree can possibly out live the hand that planted the tree. Count all the seeds in all the apples harvested…

I HAD BEEN IN THE MINISTRY OVER 44 YEARS… WHEN A QUESTION KEPT POPPING IN MY MIND AND IN MY SPIRIT…

DO YOU TRUST ME? I knew how PETER must have felt when JESUS ASKED PETER: “DO YOU LOVE ME?” Well Lord, why do you keep asking me: YOU KNOW I DO? DO I TRUST YOU? JESUS YOU KNOW I TRUST YOU… 44 YEARS IN THE PASTORAL MINISTRY --- I HAVE TO TRUST YOU --- GOD, I HAVE TO TRUST YOU FOR SURVIVAL. The question just kept reoccurring in my heart: DO YOU TRUST ME?

WE FACE AN IMPERATIVE COMMAND: HAVE FAITH IN GOD… TRUST HIS PLAN…

I hear people say TODAY OUR SOCIETY HAS NO FAITH IN ANYTHING! This absolutely is not the truth. When you push the button in an elevator, you trust it. When you turn the key in your car… you trust the battery, the gas, the oil to start the engine… You trust your tires when you are going 70+ mph down the road… You trust your refrigerator and the freezer… You trust your deodorant… You trust that light switch to turn on the light… SEEMS WE HAVE THE GREAT ABILITY TO HAVE FAITH IN EVERYTHING… SEEMS WE TRUST THE COMPUTER, TV AND ALEXIS… WHY NOT TRUST GOD BY FAITH?

Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

WHY DO WE NEED TO TRUST?

The dollar bill used to say: SILVER CERTIFICATE, PAY TO THE BEARER UPON DEMAND… Now we have FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE… the dollar bill is a piece of paper… its value depends upon the confidence and faith of the people… Trust is essential to feel comfortable and safe.

**TRUST: security, to rely on, expect, to commit; to believe one is honest and fair, a charge, a duty, ENTRUSTED, firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength; assured reliance on the character or ability; CONFIDENCE, HOPE, DEPENDENCE ON, faith, expectation,

**FAITH: comes from a strong belief system, faith can lead to trust, duty, loyalty, COMPLETE TRUST.

TRUST THE SEEDS?

I lived in JELLICO TENNESSEE. The ladies of the town had a contest. Whoever had the prettiest landscaped yard would win $50.00. We lived in the church parsonage and my dad was determined we should win this contest to represent the church well. We borrowed a large ROTOTILLER. There were long hedges up and down the property. My older brother and I worked many hours tilling in front of the property. Then dad measured and made perfect circles in the front yard. There was an old man named Isom Sharp told my dad about this beautiful bright red flowers. His guarantee was we would win with the SCARLET SAGE. He gave us a large bag of SCARLET SAGE SEEDS… We planted, we watered, we weeded … many hours of work and sweat was invested. After several weeks THE SCARLET SAGE started coming up… we had all the confidence in the world that soon our yard would be the envy of the town with all the bright red flowers.

One day our neighbor Banner Todd was walking by to admire the young SCARLET SAGE. Mr. Todd informed us the plants were not SCARLET SAGE. After all our toil? The green plants were MUSTARD PLANTS… We had thousands of mustard plants. We were the laughing stock of the WOMEN’S FLOWER CLUB. We gave mustard away to anyone that would come. Mr. Sharp accidently gave us the wrong bag of seeds. WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS SCARLET SAGE --- WAS MUSTARD… Our yard was a mustard yard… we had confidence the seed was SCARLET SAGE.

I GUESS OUR LESSON WAS YOU MUST TRUST THE SEED, BUT YOU NEED TO PLANT THE RIGHT SEEDS IF YOU WANT THE RIGHT HARVEST!