PINECONE. Pour IN Everything, Cheer ON Everyone. Next, we leave the acronymns for a moment. Next is SEED First the Kingdom of GOD. Jesus told us to SEEK first God's Kingdom, and in the same sermon on the mount, He tells us that where our treasure is, our heart will be also. He tells us to lay up treasures in heaven and not on earth, and He tells us to seek first His Kingdom. So saying SEED First the Kingdom of GOD is rolling everything up that Jesus said about treasures and His Kingdom, into SEED. If we SEED First the Kingdom of GOD, that is where our treasure will be, our heart will follow, and then we just keep seeding and seeking the Kingdom, because we can't help ourselves, and then our treasure will be kept for us in heaven where it will last forever! How amazing! His ways are wonderful, aren't they? He wants to give and give and give to us! Neverending! This reminds me of Romans 8:32, He who did not spare His own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Pinecones are filled with seeds! On average, a pinecone carries about 150 seeds, which is brilliant, because there are 150 Psalms in the Bible and the Psalms are there to Cheer us, and for Pouring out our hearts, which are very PINECONE fitting!
Each PINECONE carries enough seeds to grow a forest! Seeds that are carried by the wind, to where they land in the ground, to be buried, and grow into a pine tree. Seed being carried by the wind reminds me of the work and moving of the Holy Spirit in our lives, and the verse in John, that was my favorite when I was a teenager, John 3:8, part of the conversation Jesus had with Nicodemus. Jesus said, "The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
Seed First the Kingdom of GOD. Seeds are planted to grow into trees and forests. When I think of seeding God's Kingdom, I think of planting prayer, time, and money. So, basically, everything. Pour IN Everything. Cheer ON Everyone. Seed First the Kingdom of GOD. Everything to Seed God's Kingdom. Everything we have, and everything it takes. That is what I want to give, and to cheer on others to give with me. That way, we give everything so we can keep everything, forever, in heaven!
Like Jim Elliot said, He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose! That is PINECONE!
