The farmer went to check on his fields. He was disappointed at the results. “I planted barley!” He exclaimed. He hurried to the silo full of seed. He ran his rough hands thru the seeds. Then the startling realization came over him and his face went white. “This isn’t Barley” he exclaimed. He looked at each individual kernel only to realize it was junk seed… in fact, it wasn’t Barley at all. Just a mix of weed seed.
Then Joey woke up. He wasn’t a farmer. He didn’t understand why the farmer would plant weeds and expect Barley. He thought on his dream and realized this wasn’t about some farmer… this was his conscious mind.
Joey had been planting and watering ideas that were contrary to what he desired. He was experiencing grief and depression from his circumstances. At least that is what he thought. He realized that his present state in life was in direct connection to what he had given attention to, agreed with, and continued to expect.
Consciously, at least on the surface, he disagreed with this conclusion. But upon further reflection the dream was true. He was angered over the outcomes in his life, yet he was
Choosing to see things differently and have other expectations was difficult… he had to rewire his accepted thinking and be open to something he hadn’t experienced before.
Namely the feeling of freedom in his life and joy where presently sorrow loomed.
In each of our lives, we can entertain frustration and anger towards the contrasting realization of where we are presently and where we want to be.
If we lose our hope… starting by choosing to believe that what will be is as it is now. Then we start to uproot the seeds present in our field that have the potential to move us in another direction.
A thought, an idea, has within it the power to produce given the proper environment. Your heart, subconscious mind, doesn’t distinguish between barley seed and weed seed. Your subconscious, like soil, is a response mechanism.
As James records, “God is not mocked, whatsoever a man will sow, that will he also reap”. (Galatians 6:7)
If we are tired of reaping the same crop…