Lately, I’ve slowly been working my way through Steven Furtick’s book “Do the New You”. God has been speaking to me through this book in a lot of ways. In one such chapter, Steven talks about a verse in Ecclesiastes.

Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.

Ecclesiastes 11:6 (NIV)

Some of Steven’s points around this verse include:

• Taking steps, in faith, towards what you believe God has called you to do.
• Making mistakes along the way is expected and gives us a chance to reassess the direction God is wanting us to take.
• Within failure, we might find what God is actually calling us to.
• Switching the question to: what if this succeeds?
• Giving ourselves permission to be imperfect, to learn, to grow and to try.

This chapter encompasses the need to start somewhere. To plant seeds and see which ones grow.  

This blog is my “this or that.” It is a seed planted within the creative gifting God has given me.

The fear of running out of words to post, the fear of imperfection and vulnerability and the fear of not finishing what I start threaten to impede my progress.

… seeds that are never sown will never succeed. They have a 100 percent failure rate. The seeds of the words we didn’t speak. The seeds of the yeses we couldn’t quite commit to. The seeds of the dreams we never dared to verbalize. The seeds of the invitations for collaboration that we never extended because they might end in rejection.

Steven Furtick – Do The New You (Chapter: What If This Succeeds? pg 137)

My farm budget is my “this or that” with all the ideas that surround it.

These small seeds battle against the fear of the impossible (the capital, knowledge and resources needed).

Yet, I am working to giving Him this blog and my farm dreams. I am working to trust in Him. To trust that with these small seeds, He will guide my feet towards my calling.  

God continues to work in our lives and our testimony builds. A testimony meant for sharing and encouraging. If this is God’s will, the words will come and the blessings will flow.

The unsurprising statistic of unsown seeds is that every seed you keep in your bag and don’t put in the soil of real life will stay dormant. It is potential untapped. It is fruit unrealized. You are carrying something: a gift, a talent, an idea, a mission, a purpose, a calling. You have to sow your seed so that it has a chance to succeed.

Steven Furtick – Do The New You (Chapter: What If This Succeeds? pg 137)

This is my “this” or “that”.

This is my character building.

This is my practice in vulnerability.

This is my reflection and observance of God’s work.

This is me believing the God of the impossible.