The Power Is In The Seed
by Mary Lou Armstrong
I walked out in my garden
A garden truly rare
For in this garden
I could see Some lessons for me there.
I took a seed and planted it
Along the fertile row
And patiently I watered it
Then it began to grow.
The days went by the plant it grew
From seed, to plant, to flower;
And taught me there the lesson
Of God's almighty power.
It wasn't in the planting
Nor yet the constant care
The life was in the seed
And only God could put it there.
When planting seed that's pure and clean
The outcome then is sure
The plant will be as God decreed
In form and flower pure.
My part in this was planting
And care from day to day
But I did not produce that flower
In any sort of way.
It came from life within the seed
That only comes from God,
And my part was to simply place
That seed within the sod.
It opened up my eyes to see
The truth of God's own word
It is the seed to save the soul
But first it must be heard.
It is my part to place it in
The heart of everyone
By teaching and exhorting
'Til all God's work is done.
The germ of life eternal
Is within God's word contained
And will produce what God decreed
What God hath foreordained.
The pure seed of the word of God
Free from the ways of men
Will grow into a Christian
Into one that's free from sin.
So do not think your part so great
Nor think it yet so small
For if there is no sower
There is no flower at all.
Just do what God has asked you
And trust His mighty power
To turn that seed of His own word
From seed, to plant, to flower.