Seeds of faith are being released!
I believe this is a word from God for many right now: the Holy Spirit is awakening dormant seeds of faith.
It may not look like it, but there has been a change in the environment, and the conditions are right for growth.
You Have Those Seeds in Your Pocket!
Do you have a task immediately ahead of you and wonder how you will be able to accomplish it?
- The size of the need, or the enormity of what you are called to do, is confronting you
You are uncertain how God can use you, but He wants you to know, you are already carrying every gift that you need.
You have those seeds in your pocket!
There are seeds of creativity, wisdom, and greatness—and above all, seeds of faith—ready for you to sow.
Not the Size but the Source of Your Seeds
And what counts is not how big those seeds are, or how many you have.
It is not the “size” of your faith, but the source of your faith that matters—for the Holy Spirit is with you.
One day, Jesus taught a lesson about having faith as a seed:
“And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” (Luke 17:5-6, NKJV)
Faith can be like a dormant seed until it is activated.
Then, all things are possible, when your faith is:
- Based on a word from God and
- Infused with the Holy Spirit’s power
God is Turning Your Questions into Wisdom
And it’s okay to express the reason why this is difficult.
Go ahead and tell your Father about the gap between your ability and the task ahead.
For there is a miracle in the gap—and He wants to reveal His power to you.
When the Jews of Persia were under threat, Mordecai called on Queen Esther to plead the case before her husband the king. Esther sent a reply, explaining that by approaching the king, she was putting her life in danger.
- Invariably, those who obeyed the call of God had a reason why it was impossible!
- And they did not hold back from vocalizing those objections [1]
As a result, we can read God’s response (or that of His angelic messengers) to these questions raised by his people.
Questions Reveal the Seeds!
In fact, God’s answers to objections provide us with some of the greatest, faith-filled words of scripture!
Here is a powerful word that exists in the Bible because Esther raised a question—and Mordecai delivered God’s answer!
“…Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14b NKJV)
And it speaks to your situation today.
So be open with God, and share your heart and mind, for there is grace for your honesty.
Express to Him every reason that you have, as to why it is impossible to step out.
And listen to His voice. “Beloved, I have already given you the seed. You have everything you need.”
- He is turning your seeds of doubt into seeds of faith
Seeds of Faith and the Holy Spirit
Mary of Nazareth asked a question, and God provided an explanation—one that was glorious! And God’s answer has not changed.
When Mary learned that she was to conceive and give birth to the Messiah, she responded with a question: “How can this be…?” And the angel replied to Mary, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35, NLT)
- So, the answer to your question “how”, when it comes to the call of God, is the Holy Spirit
- The Holy Spirit is the difference-maker, and God’s power, living with you!
And He is your source.
Seeds are Awakening
When winter makes way for spring—even before there is an outward change, seeds are awakening. Bulbs that have lain dormant, begin to sprout.
Buds are forming.
Activity is taking place, that you are unaware of.
And right now, the Holy Spirit is making connections, even though you are unaware of it.
“The connections are already in place”.
Hear Him say, “I am turning fatigue into faith!”
“Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.”
(Isaiah 43:19, NKJV)
Today, courage is rising from within you! We call it forth, and say,
“Let every gift and seed of faith reserved for this time, be anointed and emerge, in Jesus’ Name.”
Notes:
The core word in this post is excerpted from a video previously published in my course, “Prophetic Worship + Creative”.
[1] See for example, Ex 4:10, Isa 6:5, Luke 1:34
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Which parts of this word about the Holy Spirit awakening dormant seeds of faith speak most to you? I love that He is a Redeemer who turns seeds of doubt into seeds of faith! I’d love to hear from you, so leave your comment in the box below.
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Helen Calder is a prophetic minister and writer, and founder of Enliven Ministries. Helen has a unique gift of equipping in prophetic ministry and prayer. She is known for Enliven Blog (est. 2009), an online resource that reaches thousands of people globally.
I truly grateful for this prophetic word. It is a word of confirmation. You are always on time with the word according to the way that God is moving in my life.
Please pray for my family and I to be very yielding to the directives of God.
I pray that God will continue to use as you obediently and faithfully follow your Lord.
Blessings!
amen, I’m praying with you and your family now, Morelda
“…a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.” (2 Tim 2:21)
Hi Helen, Your words ranged throughout my heart as I read. I felt the warmth of God embracing me as I heard His voice say, “This is from me to you.” You see, the mandate given to me appeared too big and difficult. I did not know where to start, but, I was willing to give it my best effort. Then obstacles appeared one after the other; distractions, discouragements, and rejection surfaced over and over through different trials. Then I became stagnated and almost numb, yet I fought to stay connected to God and my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I love the call upon my life and often ask myself, “Why me?” and “What will others think?” But today, I stand tall in faith, knowing that God has called me to do a work for Him, and I shall obey with gladness, strength, and power through the Holy Ghost dwelling within me. Thank you, God, for such a time as this—a word in season that caused a shifting in my spirit to move on to the mandate at hand. Again, Helen, thank you for releasing that word to me and for your obedience to the Most High God! Now, I lay down to talk with God for directions. Amen!
God bless you, Irma.
Thank You Father for the wonderful work you are doing in and through Irma! We declare Your grace is sufficient for her and she is a vessel for Your glory!
I’ve had a prophetic journal as a simple google doc since december 2016. However, until 5 days ago, I hadn’t written one single entry since June 2019.
Then I was suddenly reminded of a dream I had about 8-10 years ago, before I began journaling and I felt The Spirit saying: “Now it’s time to share that dream.”
So I did – and afterwards I wrote about the dream in my journal.
Then today, I read your post and was reminded to hold on to journaling. Thank You!
I’d like to share my dream with you. Maybe it makes sense to you?
Here’s what happened in my dream:
I am standing in a supermarket in a small town near where I live. At first I thought it was ALDI, but it turned out it wasn’t – I’ll come back to that…
Suddenly there are a few bangs and the lights inside the supermarket are flickering. I look out of the window and see a flash of light in the sky.
I go out into the parking lot and see that it is not ALDI, but rather another supermarket, ABC. In the parking lot, people are leaving in such a hurry that cars crash into each other, but none of them stop to exchange insurance information.
I get on a bus and in the bus there are screens showing news broadcasts. In the news, they show footage from Copenhagen with machines flying. These flying machines are like small drones that you can attach a camera to, but they are large enough to have people on board. Not to say that there are actually people on board. I’m just trying to describe their size. The journalists on the screens encourage people to find and get together with your loved ones and ensuring people that there is no reason to panic.
People on the bus are of course tense, but there is no panic and they seem to accept the new situation.
That’s it…
Greetings from Denmark and may our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ richly bless His church!
Hi Per, it’s amazing to hear from you, Malcolm said at dinner, that it’s 5 years to the day since he was in Denmark!
What a fascinating dream! I will consider it, but interpreting dreams is not my forte, I recommend going to Streams Ministries on YouTube for dream symbols / dream elements via a search.
I note that in the dream you are among people, and the bus is taking you – you’re with others, you’re being carried along, it feels to me as though it’s about global times of unrest, but the message is one of peace. ABC – beginnings?
What comes to mind is Psalm 46
Thank you.
It warms our hearts that you would remember. My wife smiled when I told her.
And I believe you are right that the dream has a message of safety amidst unrest.
I also believe it’s about the end times or something leading up to it.
What I mean is that it’s both a vision with symbolic meaning and concrete meaning.
One more thing:
You were reminded of Psalm 46.
I remembered wrong and read Psalm 45 which is a wedding Psalm that can be understood as the symbolic marriage between God and His Bride, The Church.
Combine this with the promises in Psalm 46 and you have an amazing message for the Church!
Thank you ma’am Helen for always blessing me. Your messages to me are always timely.
God bless you and increase you more….
Please am a student in need of a laptop to make learning effective.
Am trusting God and also seeking for help from you ma’am.
I will be grateful if my request is granted because I trust God to do exceedingly abundantly above all I can think or ask..
Last year, I read a story in the news about seeds that were found in Israel that were for palm trees that had been extinct for 2000 years. In an excavation and an archeological dig, the seeds came into the hands of 2 scientists who wanted to make these dead seeds come alive. They did. There are now those trees growing in Israel.
This struck me as important to remember that things that seem dead can come alive. In 2018 my husband left and I was devastated. I was fasting and journaling and I wrote down this odd thing that came to my mind it was our marriage at best only 70%. I heard God say “even if it was I can times all this by a 1000 and make it better. 70×1000. Can you wait a long time?” I Felt encouraged that he said he could make things better 70 ×1000 but what did that mean…my healing fell into that plan for sure… but what about Mike? I thought waiting a long time meant like a few weeks, but I have had no real contact with my ex husband in many years.I know that God doesn’t stop moving. My prayers for my husband and my step kids are doing something. I believe God wanted to remind me of these seeds that have been planted In their lives as I was starting to doubt they would do anything. I believe I will see the goodness of the Lord. I believe for forgiveness and reconciliation.
Please pray for me.The right side of my face is dead like a stroke leading to a crooked mouth,fallen eyebrows,and also my right ear are deaf too.its been 7years now and it always embarrassed me.Doctors and medicine can’t healed it and a doctor told me that some sickness are staged for life which I don’t agree. I’m so ashamed of it that I can’t go out and socialise with my friends and family because they always stare and somehow make fun of how I look at my back.Please pray for God’s healing miracle for me.