Being a Hybrid

Well it’s spring again and for many people it is time to begin planting seeds for herbs and vegetables. Our family has a strain of green bean seeds passed from generation to generation which are called, “pure” seeds. These climbing beans give a lot of fruit when they are kept away from all the other bean seeds.

During the year, we would save one healthy plant for seeds for the next year. I was told by my dad to never plant these seeds next to any hybrid seeds. I had read that hybrid seeds were seeds developed by laboratories to give high yields and are pest, drought, and mold resistant. Therefore, as a young man on his own I did not listen to my father, and planted the pure seeds next to hybrids. The first year I had great results. I saved some seeds from that crop and the next year planted them and got good results. It was not until four years later that I realized that my dad was quite a smart man.

The plants were green and large and loaded with bloom. I gloated about what the harvest was going to be that year. When the bloom feel off there were no beans. The plants remained green but there was no crop. It was my dad who reminded me of how the hybrid seeds were produced. You take seeds from pure strains and mix them to get the hybrid. While the laboratories will develop a better seed for this year, you can not keep planting those seeds every year and get crops. The hybrid runs out.

The Lord created us as “one of a kind”, but we often take that to the point of thinking we can be pure in our lives and not need the Lord. It may be a season in our life or it could be a lifestyle. Nevertheless, we think we are like the pure seeds. If we keep ourselves away from television, radio, other people, and the world, we might remain pure. But, that’s not God plan for our lives.

When the Lord comes into our hearts, we become a part of Him. We are now hybrids that were bought with the price of Jesus’ grace and love for us on the cross. The trouble is we never get our lives renewed daily to keep the hybrid link strong. Instead we try and do things on our own time and time again until our strength is gone.

Make sure that you take the time each day to read, pray and just talk to the Lord. You be amazed how strong the hybrid relationship can be and help others desire such a hybrid relationship. 

Luke 18:27 . . . "What is impossible with men is possible with God."