Switch The Seed

3/26/2019

21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.” 24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!” 26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.” 28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.

Matthew 15:21-26

A seed is something you plant in hopes it grows into something truly beautiful and useful. Jesus taught us that the Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters the seed and while he's asleep or awake the seed sprouts and grows, and he does not understand how it happens (Mark 4:26-27). He goes on to say the earth produces the crops on its own (28). This applies to the seeds you plant in life. I don't mean the garden variety, go out in the yard, dig a hole, drop the seed in the hole, and cover it up type of activity. I'm talking about the seeds we plant in the world around us and the people around us. How do we plant these seeds you might ask. It's through the words and actions we use daily, that we are planting seeds inside people's hearts. So, if we are displaying and speaking joy, then we plant joy in someone's heart. If we display and speak bitterness and negativity, we sow those seeds into others around us.

The story above is one of my all time favorites because of the woman's response. This story is also found in the book of Mark, and if you read both accounts you can get different perspectives. This women was desperate for her daughter to be free, so look at what she had to endure from Jesus. First of all, He ignored her. Now, I don't know if you've ever ignored a woman before as she was talking directly to you, but believe me, it's never a good thing to do. But instead of whining about being ignored, she begs even more. She begs so much she irritates those around Jesus, making them beg Him to do something. That should speak volumes to someone. Never give up praying and speaking forth your miracle. Pray and speak it forth so much that it gets on the nerves of those around you, that they'll be begging God for your miracle.

It's the next part that gets me every time. Jesus responds to her begging by explaining He was only sent to His people, the Jews. Then out of nowhere, He calls her a dog. Now, this is Jesus. You know, the "call on His name and you'll be saved" Jesus. The "Kumbaya my Lord" Jesus. The healer, redeemer, savior Jesus, calling my sista a dog. Now, in any other circumstance the gloves, nails, shoes, or wig would of been off, but look at her response. Instead of reacting, she responded. I don't know if she was truly desperate to see her child free, or if she really knew her place in all of this. But, instead of sowing seeds of bitterness, discontentment, envy, resentment, and offense, she decides to surrender her own will. She was willing to take whatever Jesus could give her, knowing whatever the Savior would give, it was much more than the world had to offer.

She decided to "Switch the Seed"! Instead of planting the seeds of pain, resentment, hostility, and bitterness, she planted the seed of surrender. And with that seed she planted, came a harvest of faith, love, hope, and healing. One of the reasons we're not seeing a harvest of these in our family is we're planting the wrong seed. SWITCH THE SEED! We need to start Switching the Seed if we want to see not just our family prosper, but our country prosper as well. It is time my brother, it is time my sister, to SWITCH THE SEED!

If you want to see an abundant harvest, you must Switch The Seed!

108 Comments

Hunter

9/30/2019 07:03:07 am

Hey what's up a person here. Kinda confused on what happened and it seemed cool ig.

Maia

9/30/2019 07:06:46 am

My mom told me when I was younger to plant seeds in my head so that they would follow a path in life. I completely agree that when you do not give up, you eventually succeed.

Mikenzy John

9/30/2019 07:08:20 am

In this story, it was very useful. There was a lot to learn from it and I value that in my everyday life. In there, it talks about self control, and faith, and abundance. This is something that encourages prayer. So much prayer that it causes others around us to beg too. I thought it was an interesting and good story to tell others.

scarlet

9/30/2019 07:08:49 am

The way we act directy affects the people around us. If you plant seeds of positivity then you will prosper.

Kyle

9/30/2019 07:09:11 am

I learned that instead of Planting the bad and negative seed, you should plant a seed of positivity. I do agree with this message and I also think that this message spoke to me

christiana cadena

9/30/2019 07:09:50 am

I learned that we reap what we sow, so if we sow a bad seed, we will reap a bad crop. To reap a good crop, we must switch the seed and then when we sow a good seed, a good crop will be reaped.

Kaitlin

9/30/2019 07:10:03 am

From this selection we can learn that changing our seed can help us and others. By doing this we are able to handle situations better and open our minds to learn more.

Ava C.

9/30/2019 07:10:30 am

From this devotional I learned that we should never give up on prayer just because we haven't seen any immediate changes. We should have faith that the Lord will do what is best for us at the time that it is best for us.

amaris

9/30/2019 07:11:40 am

I agree that whenever you try and try again you will succeed in life. And that Jesus had planted a seed for us to grow. Jesus wants us to trust in him and never stop trusting in him.

micah g

9/30/2019 07:12:24 am

i learned that we must switch the seed

briley byars

9/30/2019 11:40:53 am

i love this.it helps me

Mackenzie R

9/30/2019 07:12:55 am

This selection teaches you not to plant bitterness and resentment, rather plant seeds of hope and happiness. this was a really good devotional

Albert perez

9/30/2019 07:13:46 am

It explains how instead of showing bitterness she showed faith to him leading to his help. And when asking for the help of another you should not be rude

Ethan Stepan

9/30/2019 07:13:52 am

Instead of being bitter when someone wants to help i learned that you should be kind and allow the person to continue to help you become a better person

chloe link

9/30/2019 07:14:14 am

this website sends a message to some people it is a very nice website. i like it

Katelynn

9/30/2019 07:15:38 am

We need to switch the seed and plant the seeds of the fruit of the spirit. This way we are planting good things therefore we will reap what we sow.

Lucas coley

9/30/2019 07:16:07 am

I think what really stood out wa the sentence “instead of reacting, she responded.” Also when Jesus said it isn’t fair to take food from humans and throw it to the dogs, that confused me.

Elijah D

9/30/2019 07:16:16 am

I liked the story above and I think that we should plant better seeds in our life. And we should also plant not bad and bitter seeds.

Sydney

9/30/2019 07:16:50 am

From this devotion I learned in order to reap a good crop, you must sow a good seed.

josh

9/30/2019 11:50:30 am

I really enjoyed reading this. It showed me the meaning of how God plant seeds all around for us.

Olivia M

9/30/2019 07:17:23 am

What you think about you bring about. By her positive thoughts, she avoided all pain and resentment and instead replaced it with love, hope and faith. Jesus wants us to stay positive and faithful!

Lucas Coley

9/30/2019 07:17:32 am

Yea ighttt

Sean Mattivi

9/30/2019 07:18:16 am

I really liked this blog. Thanks mr Shelley.

kailyn

9/30/2019 07:18:52 am

We need to plant the seed of love. This way we will show love to those around us.

Carson Bindseil

9/30/2019 07:24:12 am

This shows to plant the seed of love. Then show the love to other people.

Gavin Minyen

9/30/2019 08:55:16 am

This showes that we can influence people in meaningfull ways. We can influence them to be better or to be worse

Isabella Villarreal

9/30/2019 08:59:45 am

I learned that when we pray to God we must be persistent with our prayers. I also learned that we might need to switch the seed we are plating to grow a harvest.

vivianna gerry

9/30/2019 09:00:50 am

this shows that we can influence peoplewith our acts and we must switch the seed so we can turn out for the better

Jacoh

9/30/2019 09:01:46 am

from the story above I Learned to switch the seed and be the change that is needed and spread love and happiness

Ethan

9/30/2019 09:02:16 am

We need to plant the seed of love so we can make the world better and so other people can be themselves.👨🏿‍🦳

Kendrick De Luna

9/30/2019 09:02:24 am

i learned from this devo that we have to plant the seed and be like fruitful so we can grow into something beautiful. we also need to plant a good seed of yourself

Debby

9/30/2019 09:02:42 am

i think our attitude and actions effect us our surroundings and the people around us. we have to plant positive seeds and upbringing seeds.

Jack Goldhammer

9/30/2019 09:03:42 am

This website is pretty cool, every one deserves the scraps even the dogs. A seed is something that you plant in hopes it grows into something truly beautiful and useful. Cool website!

Caydon Costello

9/30/2019 09:03:54 am

You have to switch the seed if you want a different result. Instead of planting seeds of hate and evil, we should plant seeds of love and good.

Abelardo De La Garza

9/30/2019 09:05:11 am

I think that what you're doing here is amazing.
The encouragement is something powerful and admirable

Ella Thompson

9/30/2019 09:05:44 am

We have a responsibility to plant a seed of love and we have an important job to do in other people’s lives and we want to influence it for the better with that seed of love

Isaac S.

9/30/2019 09:06:27 am

This is really cool!!! I love the part when it talks about instead of planting a plan seed with all these problems or something you switch the seed and now have a seed that brings love, happiness, and faith.

Jay Gardner

9/30/2019 09:07:13 am

In this story There was a lot to learn from it In there it talks about self control and faith and abundance This is something that encourages prayer I thought it was an interesting and good story to tell others

Sarah Middleton Jay

9/30/2019 09:07:30 am

I learned that we should never give up on God. We should never stop praying just like the woman.

Stephen

9/30/2019 09:09:39 am

I learned that from this passage that God will hear you and acknowledge your prayers but sometimes he will no answer them immediately but he will eventually. Also God always acknowledges your prayers

JUN BROOKS

9/30/2019 09:09:58 am

I agreed to the part where it said "we are planning seeds in people's heart . When I heard this statement it made me consider what I say around people.

damaris

9/30/2019 09:14:57 am

from this blog ive learned that we need to respond to things like the world and people like the gentile woman she planted her seed withought envy or bitterness.

Ariana Cavazos

9/30/2019 10:43:18 am

I have learned that we have to plant good seed. The seeds we plant determines what our life will be like and how it will affect other people

Kami

9/30/2019 10:44:25 am

God is like a farmer spreading seeds throght thed earth. We plant seeds by our words and actions to others we can plant good or bad seeds that affect the other person.

Hannah

9/30/2019 10:44:32 am

I learned that we need to plant seeds into other peoples lives. Just like the lady she didn't plant the seed of bitterness and anger but she planted the seed of surrender.

john stacy

9/30/2019 10:44:59 am

I learned that I can help other people's future by, "planting the seed". I can encourage others to do better and pull the good out of the bad

ansh

9/30/2019 10:45:22 am

I understood that we have to switch the seed. It was a very interesting topic.

Luke Rupprecht

9/30/2019 10:46:03 am

I learned that, in the kingdom of God, planting a seed, isn't just for plants. With God, you can switch the seed, instead of living the same, unholy life, switch the seed to love and prosperity.

Mackenzie mason

9/30/2019 10:46:32 am

I learned that i can encourage people. And i learned that i can help people become better people

kyle patrick

9/30/2019 10:46:56 am

I learned that we plant seeds in other people. These seeds can be good or bad.

Christian green

9/30/2019 10:47:06 am

I learned that we should seek prosperity for all and not just our selves. Be mindful to others around because what or who you surround yourself with is what you tend to become or put out. You don’t have to put up with pain or other people’s foolish, the perspective you look at it from is how it will become. You can change the perspective and the outcome

Diego Narezo

9/30/2019 10:47:42 am

I learned that this is one of your favorites and that its also in the book of Mark

Denise

9/30/2019 10:47:54 am

that you can plant the seed in your life and around other people. You can make your seed positive or negative you can choose

cameronhutton

9/30/2019 10:49:08 am

we need to plant a positive seed and grow on that, besides planting negative seeds.

Crystal

9/30/2019 10:52:29 am

I learned that The seed you plant determines your life. If you plant the bad seed you will get negative results. If you plant the good seed you will get positive results. You life choices are up to you if you want to love negatively then think negative. If you want to live positively then think positively

Adelianni

9/30/2019 10:53:12 am

I like how the woman doesn't stop begging, it really resonate's within me because i can totally relate. All i really have to do is trust God and be persistant.

Cameron Anderson

9/30/2019 10:57:36 am

I understand switch the seed.

anonymous?

9/30/2019 11:40:11 am

this is garbage

anonymous

9/30/2019 11:41:54 am

no u

Little Stich

9/30/2019 11:40:45 am

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Annonymus

9/30/2019 11:42:38 am

Very well written :)

Philip Shelley

9/30/2019 11:43:08 am

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carissa

9/30/2019 11:44:18 am

I learned that you have to wait for your seed to grow.
we also want to plant joy into peoples hearts

Elianah Lopez

9/30/2019 11:44:23 am

Very well written :))

Stacey the one and only

9/30/2019 11:45:58 am

sometimes we can’t take life for granted because we could miss out on so much. this can help
us understand that and remind us to stay positive and not negative.

Soraya Castoreno

9/30/2019 11:47:29 am

"Never give up praying and speaking forth your miracle."
This a very inspiring secentce that reminds us that if we give our all to the Lord ,and constaintly pray to God, and proclaim the miricle we seek that God will answer us.

Ryan

9/30/2019 11:47:57 am

I was surprised that Jesus the Savior of all called this lady a dog. However she did not react the way I probably would so I hope to learn how to respond the right way and switch the seed.

Weston Cruz

9/30/2019 11:48:00 am

The way we act directy affects the people around us. If you plant seeds of positivity then you will prosper

Tori Howard

9/30/2019 11:48:21 am

I thought the story was interesting and how the woman stayed calm and didn’t respond with hostility. Even though her child’s freedom was at stake.

Brianna McGhee

9/30/2019 11:48:29 am

This devotional talks about sowing positive seeds. I believe that we should be positive and know how to have a positive outlook on a negative situation.

preslee carlisle

9/30/2019 11:48:35 am

I think this was very inspiring, and can help not only me but many people. It helps is to understand that all of our actions have concequences

Sylver

9/30/2019 11:48:50 am

I have learned that what ever good things you plant you will receive good things back. This was a really cool website.

Sofia Hutton

9/30/2019 11:49:15 am

This was a really weird thing I read, but after reading more it slowly began to make sense. I can't really say what else I think of, other than maybe I do need to switch the seed speed between my family, with all the stress around us.

Esteban

9/30/2019 11:50:10 am

This story helps me understand right from wrong. This can also help me stay positive about myself

Antonio Flores ;)

9/30/2019 11:50:19 am

I really like this story and learned a lot from it.I learned that you chose who you are if you want to be negative then you will b if you think positively then you will be positive.

Robert Rendon

9/30/2019 11:51:16 am

Based on the things we do daily, they reflect on our faith and our reputation. So we must live our live's as close to God as possible and plant the seed to other people, so they to0 can spread it on and on.

caleb g

9/30/2019 11:51:40 am

when you switch the seed, you live a better life and are a better person

paul

9/30/2019 11:52:22 am

that you plant a seed and grow on that.they will also remember you and respect you

Tahirya Garner link

9/30/2019 11:52:24 am

This was very useful. We all have purpose in life and we need to wait for our seed(purpose) to be shown through or grow.

Stacy

9/30/2019 11:52:53 am

Ur cute

nayeli

9/30/2019 11:53:43 am

i like how the woman never gave up and she switched the seed

Gracie

9/30/2019 11:54:32 am

He is talking about the seeds we plant around us. How they display the way our attitude is.

Mark hooper

9/30/2019 12:35:48 pm

He’s talking about like the seeds and attitude we plant and how they reflect on us

jacob zendejas

9/30/2019 12:39:10 pm

hes talking about the seeds we plant reflect our attitude

mireya munoz

9/30/2019 12:39:39 pm

it was a good way to explain how to switch things into good instead of bad.

tori stacy

9/30/2019 12:39:49 pm

If you are truly trying to seek God and want his help ask and you will receive. God doesn't want to leave you helplessly in doubt and wonder he wants to giude you to the light if you allow him to.

Delaney

9/30/2019 12:40:12 pm

I really liked how the disciples told Jesus to dismiss the girl but he didn't listen to them and blessed the women and healed her from the demon

noah

9/30/2019 12:40:30 pm

This is really eye and heart opening to what I think I know how to act instead it switch it all around for me and ill now tell everyone how to act.

Elijah Cruz

9/30/2019 12:40:41 pm

I liked this because it talks about God. Also because it talks about not giving up and making sure to plant the right seeds.

Darien

9/30/2019 12:40:52 pm

I learn that seeds can be used as good similes that can represent life.

Marc

9/30/2019 12:41:17 pm

We should plant a good seed by doing good actions and saying encouraging words to others

Christopher

9/30/2019 12:41:43 pm

The woman begged Jesus to save her child from the demon. She continue even when the diciples were asking Jesus to send her away. But after Jesus said he serves his people and not the dogs. She offers the seed of surrend, which in turn Jesus understood and instantly healed her child.

kaylee warner

9/30/2019 12:42:20 pm

we all have a purpose as our seed and God wants to help u grow that seed and help you.

Carol Cazares

9/30/2019 12:42:33 pm

I really liked this story because it talks about a woman that is been ignored. It's never a good thing to ignore a woman who is directly talking to you. Switch the seed, we need to help our world be a better place.

Caden Pickard

9/30/2019 12:42:57 pm

we should not give up on prayer just because we don’t see immediate changes. we should always keep our faith in the lord because he rules over everything.

Victor Diaz

9/30/2019 12:43:35 pm

If you ask Jesus to help you. He will help you in whatever you need.

Kayla Crittenden

9/30/2019 12:43:45 pm

first of all, I thought this was a good passage. Second of all, how does a farmer not know how a seed grows? Did the farmer not learn about plants and growth of a plant before becoming a farmer?

joe

9/30/2019 12:43:59 pm

cool switch the seed

Sofia D.

9/30/2019 12:44:05 pm

This is all about our reactions to the situations God throws our way. We have to take a breath each time and respond the way Jesus would, but we still make mistakes. This has to enforced daily, like a habit, only then will you see it started to effect your life.

Brianna

9/30/2019 12:44:05 pm

I learned that you must be able to change your ways and through that you will be able to grow and reach your potentially.

andrea roman

9/30/2019 12:44:21 pm

I think that what this passage says about the seed and were you grow it is something really true because everyone can grow a seed but you need to take care of it in order for it to grow. I also learned that when praying to god you might think he doesn't hear you but with consistent praying he will help you.

jordan fernandez

9/30/2019 12:44:30 pm

the meaning i think is the seed is your life when you plant that seed it grows and in your life you grow into a person of god and in a relationship with him

carissa sanchez

9/30/2019 12:44:47 pm

i learned more from this reading , i now think this makes me feel like nobody should plant negative, but positive seeds everyday ,in order to grow beautifully . and in Gods image.

Austin Nunez

9/30/2019 12:45:09 pm

we should plant good seeds by being kind and saying encouraging words to others

yashi mckenzie

9/30/2019 12:45:35 pm

when you plant the seed it grows and that Is like us we grow and we are like the seeds

Gavin Grever

9/30/2019 12:48:14 pm

This shows that God is a loving God and he will help you with any problems in life. Spread good news of the Lord always. I loved it Mr. Shelley.

Jacob Saucedo

9/30/2019 01:18:39 pm

Jesus has never sinned. It seems like he is being rude to this women, but he is really just testing her. His disciples should have been nicer

Marc Eyman

9/30/2019 01:19:08 pm

We should plant good seeds in our lifetime. I can do this by doing good things and saying encouraging words to others.

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