Jadav Payeng was tired of watching the local wildlife suffer for lack of shade, so he did something about it. Payeng planted a single bamboo tree. Then he planted a second tree. And then a third. Payeng would eventually plant enough trees to become a thickly wooded forest covering 1,360 acres.
Payeng’s job was not to grow the forest, but to plant a few trees. That’s exactly how recovery works. Rather than focusing on the “finished product” of a fully recovered life, just plant a seed. You’re actually doing that right now. Other seeds you can sow into your recovery might include making a call, attending a meeting, or praying a prayer.
So follow Judav Payeng’s lead today. Plant a seed that will become a forest.
Paul was all about sowing seeds. He wrote, “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow” (1 Corinthians 3:6).
Recovery Step: Identify one seed you can sow into your recovery today, and then do it.
