Job 14:7-9 

 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

DAILY READING      Galatians 3:19-4:20; Lamentations 1-2; Psalm 145

It is amazing indeed that after thousands of years, some seeds can still germinate when planted. This discovery was made when archaeologists unearthed a small stockpile of seeds in the early 1960’s, during their excavations at the site of Herod’s palace in Israel. These seeds were found in a clay jar dating back 2,000 years. Believing that the seeds would be no good after all that time, the archaeologists abandoned them in a drawer at Tel Aviv’s Bar-Ilan University.

But then after four decades, in 2005, a botanical researcher decided to plant one of the seeds and see what, if anything, would happen. And amazingly, the multi-millennial seed did sprout. It produced a sapling no one had seen in centuries, becoming the oldest known tree seed to germinate.

The sprouting of this 2000 years old seed is indeed amazing. Despite how long it had been dormant, it simply came alive through introduction to water. This validates what the Bible says in Job 14:7-9 ‘For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant’

“Water” in the above verse refers to the Word of God, because Ephesians 5:26 says ‘That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word’. So water speaks of The Word of God. And just as that 2000 year old seed sprouted, once it encountered water, the same way, an encounter with God’s Word will cause any dormant situation to come alive, The Word of God can bring about new beginnings.

God’s Word is indeed pregnant with wonders.  Anything can happen at the instance of The Word. Miracles, signs and wonders can spring forth from any dead situation once The Word of God is introduced. There is no situation so dead that The Word of God cannot revive it. In Ezekiel 37, in the valley of dry bones, the situation had looked utterly hopeless.  But once the prophet began to release The Word of God, there was a shaking. At the coming of The Word of God, things began to move. Suddenly, those age old dry bones came alive and became a mighty army.

In Matthew 8, the Centurion, who came to Jesus, realized that there is revival power in The Word. This is why he said ‘ just speak the Word only and my servant shall be healed.’ And the Bible says that as the Word went forth, his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. Indeed The Word of God can revive and reverse any situation.  God and His Word are the same, and just as nothing is impossible to God, so also nothing is impossible to His Word. The Word of God is indeed full of wonders. But for us to experience these wonders stored up in the Word for us, we must take up the responsibility of consciously studying it daily.  The promises of scriptures places a responsibility on us. And for us to see God’s promises manifest in our lives, we must do whatever God has asked us to do. To experience the power of God’s Word, we must take up the responsibility of consciously feeding on it daily.

And today, as we feed on The Word, through faith, we are connected to the scent of water which will establish our desired miracles of restoration, revival and rejuvenation in Jesus Name.

 PRAYER: Lord, by the power from your Word let every dead situation  in my life be revisited and revived, let the good seed You have planted within me come alive for manifestation in this season in Jesus Name.  

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The study of The Word will keep  shame and disgrace far from you.

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]