Prophetic Gardening- Just a thought!

The other day I said to Marc that I thought I would have made a good farmer. I love to plant and watch things grow. I would love to have a huge garden. I can even see myself driving one of those depression era tractors. The kind that doesn't have a top or air conditioning. And then I said, well I guess I will just plant more herbs in my herb garden.
God has given each of us a place of ministry. I like to call it my field. Each field has particular characteristics such as what is planted best in the soil, and if it is sunny or shady, and where the boundaries are. Fields in New England are bordered by stone walls. Fields in Texas are bordered by barbed wire. What are the boundaries of the field for you? For myself, I am called to minister in Oklahoma and in particular in Western Oklahoma. That is my field. So where are you called to plant, water, and reap a harvest? Think about it....
And think about how only God gives the harvest.  I have my huge starter garden that I am a little embarassed to say how much I spent to get my one $142.00 zucchini squash. But then I have my corn is as high as an elephant's eye corn crop that is almost as tall as the first roof line and I spent 50 cents on that packet of seeds and didn't even use a trowel just shoved the seeds in the dirt.  Love that lesson about planting.  Right place, Right soil, Right moisture, Right wind and rain and you have a ministry, I mean a cornfield! HA! love it! This is Pastor Susan saying if you plant it they will come!

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Prophetic Garden

I have been thinking lately about the concept of prophetic gardens and the act of prophetic gardening. Isn't it interesting that the first place named and inhabited by man was the Garden of Eden. The Bible says in Genesis 2:8, "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden;" And the description of the vegetation in the garden is designed so that we could see the prophetic picture of what God had in mind for us. He provisioned us with everything that we needed to live abundantly. In Genesis 2:9 it says that , "out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;" The fruit of the garden spoke of God's love and care for us. And the prophetic picture in the garden becomes greater when we read that "the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." ( Genesis 2:9) The Lord declared our destiny to live with Him and also declared our ability to choose life and good.
A garden is a hopeful place. A place where we believe if we plant seeds God will give harvest. We prophesy to the future by declaring our belief in the law of seedtime and harvest.
Now let's take this one step further. Let's look at what we plant and where we plant it. A few years ago, I planted a lavender plant. Just a small one about 4 inches by 4 inches. Now I have a lavender bush about 3 feet by 3 feet. It became a symbol to me of the Lord's direction in my life of Peace be still. Since the planting and harvesting of the lavender wands I have been able to make many many bottles of anointing oil that I call Peace be Still. So my prophetic garden prophesies into the lives of myself and others an anointing for peace in the midst of the storm.
There is an awesome ministry in Corinth Texas that is in the process of planting prayer gardens. Each element of the garden prophesies to the region that God is speaking life and growth to the area. I love it! The depth of thought and planning that has gone into each element of the garden is an inspiration and it has challenged me to expand my own garden, realizing that I am prophesying to my future and to my ministries future with each plant.
I am going to be doing some research on plants and what they symbolize in the Word. As I do I will put some of that information in my blog. Because winter is a time when gardeners dream of spring, and when prophetic gardeners listen to the voice of the Lord to see what He is saying to His people by a visual display of life.
This is Pastor Susan Living the Everyday Prophetic Life and gathering her heavenly seeds.