Life in Death

John 12:24, ‘I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.’ Life begins with the death of the seed which ceases to exist as a seed but is transformed into a tree. Jesus was the seed of Abraham, through which the world was promised redemption. At the cross, this seed of Abraham was crucified, died and was buried but on the third day and rose again but not as a seed but glorified as the tree of life. Now through that resurrection, many branches have been attached, growing and receiving sustenance from this tree of life. For us also to produce as per God’s will and plan according to His grace as believers of Christ, we need to die to ourselves in faith so that we can be reborn in this same transformation of our Lord, attached to him, the tree of life and being continually pruned by the Father to remove the unproductive elements in us while nurturing the productive elements through the ministering of the Holy Spirit.