Protecting the Seed

There are moments in our lives when something holy begins.

It may be small… almost imperceptible at first.

A shift.

A stirring.

A yes forming deep within.

A seed.

And yet, I have seen how quickly that seed can be stolen.

Not always through obvious rebellion…but through something far more subtle.

A knot of the familiar.

A reestablishing of an old connection. What appears to be kindness…

but carries the pull of something else.

Something that draws you back just as you are beginning to move forward.

I have seen this pattern over and over again. In my own life… and in the lives of others.

When I First Encountered Jesus

When I first encountered Jesus, I was undone.

What began as curiosity became revelation. And what was revelation became knowing.

I went from seeing Him as a prophetic voice…to knowing He was the Son of God.

That kind of knowing changes you.

My parents felt the shift immediately. They forbade me from speaking about it.

My father once told me he would rather I remain a hippie than become what he called a “Jesus freak.”

At the time, I didn’t fully understand what was happening around me—but I knew this:

I could not deny what I had experienced.And I could not go back.

When Others Don’t Rejoice

What surprised me even more was what happened next.

Friends who had once shared in spiritual conversations…who had even been part of my journey toward that encounter…began to pull back.

When the fire of God began to burn in me—when something deeper awakened after I was baptized in the Holy Spirit—instead of rejoicing, they questioned it.

They warned me.

They labeled it.

Some even told me it was not from God.

I didn’t understand them. And truthfully… they didn’t understand either.

But I see now what I couldn’t fully see then:

My change threatened something in them.

The Pattern Still Continues

Recently, I witnessed this same pattern again.

There was a moment of genuine encounter—

a response to God…

a real work of the Holy Spirit bringing freedom.

And then, not long after…

An old connection quietly reappeared.

It didn’t look harmful.It didn’t look obvious.

But something in it felt familiar in the wrong way—like a subtle pull backwardright in the middle of forward movement.

And my heart felt it immediately.

The Hidden Battle

There is a tension that often goes unseen.

The very relationships that once felt safe…can become the place where resistance quietly enters.

Not always intentionally. Not always knowingly.

But the effect is real.

What God is growing begins to feel pressure. What was clear becomes cloudy.What was strong begins to feel fragile.

And if we are not discerning…we can find ourselves reconnecting to the very thingsGod is gently calling us out of.

Worldly Wisdom vs. Godly Wisdom

The world says: Stay connected. Don’t disrupt relationships. Keep the peace.

God says: Protect what I am growing in you—even if it costs you something.

The world says:If it feels familiar, it must be safe.

God says:Not everything familiar is meant to remain.

The world says:Don’t be too extreme.

God says:Follow Me—and do not look back.

An Invitation

If you sense that God is doing something new in your life… protect it.

Pay attention to what you are reconnecting to.

Be honest about what is pulling at you.

Not everything needs to be confronted—

but some things do need to be released.

You don’t have to fully understand it yet.

You just have to honor what God is doing.

Shed what no longer aligns.Put on what He has given.

And when He says, “Follow Me"

. . . don’t look back.

“Awake, awake, O Zion! Clothe yourself with your strength!Put on your beautiful garments…”— Isaiah 52:1 TPT