Genesis 26:1-4&12 (KJV) And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

You’re a choice seed: you must understand that your seed is significant. It’s not uncommon for individuals to look down on their own ideas. This perhaps is a product of past experiences of being pushed down, held back and castigated for many years. It is almost like the popular ‘flea in a Jar’ story. As the story goes a scientist placed a number of fleas in a glass jar. They quickly jumped out. He then put the fleas back into the jar and placed a glass lid over the top. The fleas began jumping and hitting the glass lid, falling back down into the jar. After a while, the fleas were conditioned to the presence of the glass lid. The scientist then removed the glass lid as it was no longer needed to keep the fleas in the jar.  A while back I had an experience where I was in between jobs for a year and half, even though I sent out and average of 50 responses to job adverts a week, it still took that long to get another job. Unless you’ve been through it, you can only imagine the effect of such prolonged experience on someone’s moral. No matter how long yours has lasted for, you must start believing in yourself and your abilities again. You are Choice seed and capable of great things.

Matthew 13:8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

Jeremiah 4:3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Plant your seed: No matter how good a seed is, if it must grow at all, it must be sowed. Sometimes even after doing all you can you still feel inadequate this may be for more reasons than simply being unprepared. There are some inertial that won’t leave you till you start the process. I once read the account of a couple’s first attempt at sky diving, they were so uptight and apprehensive before the jump but according to them all the fears disappeared the moment they jumped out of the aeroplane. At such times you must remember this phrase I saw on the TV the other day, I think it was  from a Virgin advert, ‘An idea is not an idea till you make it happen; life doesn’t come to you, you’ll have to go to it’.

Matt. 13:3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Protect your Seed: Seeds are attractive to devourers. Your seed is your investment; it must be protected at all cost. You can’t possibly anticipate every risk but you must do all you can to mitigate every risk you can anticipate. The risks may come in various ways, some apparent others not so obvious. Some may even come as unsolicited advises from some well-meaning friends or loved ones.

Mark 4:4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Revelation 12:1-5 (NLT) 12 Then I witnessed in heaven an event of great significance. I saw a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant, and she cried out because of her labor pains and the agony of giving birth. Then I witnessed in heaven another significant event. I saw a large red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky, and he threw them to the earth. He stood in front of the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her baby as soon as it was born. She gave birth to a son who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away from the dragon and was caught up to God and to his throne.

Matt. 13:24&25 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.