CHERISHING THE SEED

Romans 6:22 (KJV)
“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.”
Fruit is a manifestation or product of seed. Therefore, holiness is the result of seed. Jesus made it plain in a parable, we are the soil and the Word is the seed. Jesus is the Word made flesh; and beyond that, Jesus dwelt among us. He being made flesh and dwelling among us (Emanuel) became paradigmatic relationally. In other words, He set the standard for holiness as being relational.
Holiness is the seed of God inside us. We, the soil, are dependent on how we treat the seed. The seed has all the ingredients we need to bear fruit unto holiness. If we provide a stony heart it will die before the fruit can appear. If we are weed infested, it will choke out before it can become fruit. If we are shallow, conditions in our life will scorch it before it can become fruit. If our love is warm, inviting, cuddly, and deep; the seed can spread its roots and bring forth out of relationship mature juicy fruit.
Keep hoping, hold on to seed with dear life, if the seed remaineth in us there can be no happy sin in us. Holiness comes out of desire and relational commitment; it is never something we produce, it is result of the seed in us, it is the seed in us. Cherish it.