God Ahnsahnghong & Heavenly Mother

A seed given to people by a king

There was a wise king in an ancient country. He wanted to see how honest his people were and how obedient they were to his commands. So, he distributed flower seeds to every house, and declared that he would give a great prize to the person who cultivated the seed to grow into the most beautiful flower by this time next year.

After one year, the king gave the people an order to bring back the flowers they had cultivated. The people came out on the street with the pots of flowers in various colors such as red and yellow, and boasted in front of the king that they took good care of their flowers so that they might bloom gorgeously. The king complimented them on their efforts. While passing through the crowd, he found a boy crying, without anything in his hands. When the king asked the boy why he was crying, the boy said that he took good care of the seed, but strangely it didn't sprout, so he came to think that he was the most worthless person in his country.

After hearing what the boy said, the king stroked the boy's head and declared that he was the person whom he was looking for. In fact, the seeds that the king distributed to the people were all boiled and lifeless. They apparently seemed to be intact and viable. However, the seeds the king gave to the people were the ones that would never be able to bloom when they sowed them as the king had told. The king wanted to find the people who would obey and follow him with sincerity of heart even in secret places. He was pleased to find an honest person and offered a generous prize to the boy.

Like the boy in the story, we too should obey and follow God with sincerity, by doing just what He says. When the people received the seeds from the king, they made all efforts to cultivate them but they didn't sprout, so they came to think of replacing the original seeds with other ones. Thoughts like that result in changing the truth and shutting the door to eternal life. Christians are required to do as God says, with a sincere attitude of faith. In order to find the people who were completely obedient, the king intentionally distributed the boiled seeds to each house.

When the people made the flowers bloom by using expedient means to show off, the king recognized that they were not the people who would sincerely obey his command. The boy could choose the way other people thought and acted. How worried would he be when the seed he sowed didn't sprout and bloom while other people's seeds were all blooming? Nevertheless, he didn't look for another seed as they did, but put effort only into looking after the seed that the king gave to him according to his command. What the king wanted was that sincerity of heart.

The reason we must do what the Bible teaches is that it is the way God has provided for us. What God wants is not our ability or wisdom. God possesses all power and wisdom. He does not need anything we have; He only looks for those who obey His will sincerely and honestly. Such people are worthy of the kingdom of heaven.



To be continued,