You Can Shape Your Life and Your Year With Your Seed | Watch-night Service | December 31st, 2020

I declared this new year as our year of full, complete, and total restoration. I asked you to dress your spirit for what God is about to do, because everything He has done for you so far will pale beside what is coming. I laid out the biblical pattern: on the third day God formed the earth and commanded it to produce seed; on the fourth day He established time. The earth and the seed came before time so that, by faith and obedience, you could use your seed to shape your days, seasons, and years. That’s why I urged you to stop routine giving and start Spirit-led sowing—no manipulation, no frenzy—so you neither sow among thorns nor miss the appointments God set for you.

We prayed to break up fallow ground and circumcise our hearts, because cares, deceitful riches, and cravings choke the word. I showed how the dry ground produced by the word—not by rain, fertilizer, or human toil—so you can command your “dry ground” to yield when you align with God’s voice. Isaac modeled this in famine: he stayed where God sent him, aligned his private and public life, and sowed in that land; his harvest was a hundredfold and his stature multiplied. The seed he truly sowed was obedience.

I warned that not every “hill” is your help; help comes from the Lord. Don’t relocate unless the Spirit leads; otherwise you suffocate. Like the Shunammite woman, your seed never leaves your future—it builds the bed where God resurrects what died and calls for seven years of restoration in a day. Gerar means pilgrimage, combat, dispute; so accuracy in relationships and spiritual warfare matter if you will thrive where others wither.

Finally, I released the blessing of Joseph: branches over the wall, favor above and beneath, and authority to bless nations. I charged you to steward true riches, honor God with clean seed, and speak to your land until it produces. You will be the right person, in the right place, at the right time, doing the right things, and getting the right results. The Lord shall preserve your going out and coming in; your ground will answer to the word, and you will laugh at famine.

Key Takeaways

• 1. Seed precedes time; shape your seasons God ordered creation so the earth and seed came before time. That means your Spirit-led sowing can reframe days, years, and outcomes under God’s word. Don’t be a prisoner of the calendar; become a steward of seasons. Shape your year with the seed God assigns. [25:32]
• 2. Obedience is the seed God multiplies In famine, Isaac’s hundredfold didn’t start with coins—it started with staying where God said and aligning his life. When the private and public converge under obedience, seed stops falling among thorns. God multiplies the seed that answers His voice. [43:54]
• 3. Break up fallow ground; avoid thorny soil The word is powerful, but a tangled heart makes it unfruitful. Cares, deceitful riches, and restless desires choke what God is saying. Seek heart-circumcision and Spirit-led giving so your seed meets clean ground and mercy meets your harvest. [16:46]
• 4. Command dry ground to produce by the Word The earth produced before rain, irrigation, or human help—simply by God’s decree. When you align and speak, your “dry ground” must answer, regardless of economic climate. Don’t wait for perfect conditions; obey and declare under His authority. [31:34]
• 5. Stay where God plants; reap in famine Help doesn’t come from the hills; it comes from the Lord. Unless the Spirit sends you, the “greener pasture” will thin out fast. If He roots you in Gerar, He intends to make that ground deliver a hundredfold. [41:03]

Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [00:47] - Year of full restoration declared
• [03:39] - Shape your year with your seed
• [06:22] - Clean offerings; acceptable seed
• [07:56] - Earth, seed, time, harvest explained
• [11:03] - Time begins on day four
• [16:46] - Break up fallow ground
• [19:48] - Thorns: cares and deceitful riches
• [25:32] - Seed precedes time; change seasons
• [31:34] - Command dry ground to produce
• [32:04] - Isaac in Gerar: stay where led
• [41:03] - Hundredfold in famine
• [43:54] - Obedience aligns private and public
• [49:48] - Gerar’s warfare and accuracy
• [54:43] - Joseph anointing released

1. Genesis 8:20–22 says seed, time, and harvest are ordered by God. What does that sequence (earth → seed → time → harvest) suggest about how God intends people to use the seed He gives them? [06:22]
2. The claim was made that time began on the fourth day while the earth and seed were formed earlier. Where in Scripture was that point drawn from, and what difference does that ordering make for how one views seasons and yearly planning? [13:02]
3. In the Isaac-in-Gerar account, what steps led to a hundredfold harvest (where he stayed, aligned relationships, then sowed)? Which action is described as “the seed” that produced the multiplication? [41:03]
4. Jeremiah 4:3–4 calls for breaking fallow ground and circumcising the heart. What examples were given of “thorns” that choke the word, and how do those compare with Jesus’ explanation in Mark 4:18–19? [16:46]

1. If “seed precedes time” (the earth and seed exist before time), how should that change a believer’s understanding of planning, giving, and speaking to future seasons? Be specific about one way that belief would change decision-making. [25:32]
2. The text said the dry ground produced by the Word before rain or toil. How should the idea that the ground responds to spoken obedience (not only to effort or favorable conditions) shape expectations about praying and declaring over difficult circumstances? [31:34]
3. The warning “don’t relocate unless the Spirit leads” was taught as a safeguard against suffocating one’s destiny. How does that principle affect the evaluation of career, family, or migration moves—what criteria should be used to test whether a move is Spirit-led? [33:45]
4. Private life and public life alignment was linked to Isaac’s success. How might unresolved secrecy or inconsistency between home and public conduct practically hinder the fruitfulness of one’s seed? Give one concrete example. [44:42]

1. Identify one area of personal “fallow ground” (habit, attitude, or divided loyalty). What one practical step will you take this week to “break it up” and become more sensitive to the Spirit? [16:46]
2. Name a specific seed God has given you right now (hours, money, gift, influence). How will you intentionally sow that seed this month to shape your coming season? Be concrete about amount/time/action. [25:32]
3. Where are you tempted to chase a “greener pasture” without clear leading? What will obedience look like instead—one specific action you will choose in the next 14 days to remain or to test whether you should relocate? [33:45]
4. Choose one “thorn” from Mark 4:18–19 (cares, deceitfulness of riches, desires for other things). How is that thorn showing up in your life, and what immediate change will you make to prevent it from choking your seed? [16:46]
5. Speak to a current “dry ground” in your life (financial, relational, vocational). What short declarative sentence will you begin to speak over it this week as an act of obedience? Then decide one follow-up action you will do to back that declaration. [31:34]
6. Joseph’s blessing pictures branches over the wall—riches that overflow to others. Who could benefit from overflow from your life this year, and what practical way will you steward blessing toward that person or group in the next 30 days? [54:43]