Like An Onion Plant

Like An Onion Plant

Consider the humble onion. It grows slowly underground, and never shows its real self to the world. But it spouts green shoots which show that life exists. Yet the true fruit of the onion lies concealed under the ground, where the bulb that contains the food remains hidden.

This is how you are too. For I have hidden My life deep inside you. And because of this life, you produce much growth and you display to the outside world the signs of this life. But the real treasure is not on the outside - it is on the inside.

Consider then also those around you that are your brothers and sisters in Me. What do you see displayed in their lives? Do you see only leaves and shoots, but no real fruit? This is perfectly normal, for the fruit lies deep within, and until you can come close to the heart of another, you will never fully realize the treasure that is in them.

But who is willing to show what is hidden inside? Who is ready to be vulnerable enough to reveal to others the true inner motivations of the heart? You continue like the onion to hide your goodness away from those who truly need it.

So I often have to be the gardener. I have to pull the onion out of its comfort zone to reveal it to the world. I have to pull you out of the place of security that you are in, so that others can be blessed by what I have put into you.

When this happens do not allow yourself to be moved or discouraged. For this is My way of revealing you to the world. This is my way of causing what is in you to become a blessing to others.

You have asked to be used by Me, and you have desired to be a blessing. And indeed you have much inside you that can bless many people. But until you are ready to be removed from your comfort zone and exposed to the world, you are only a pretty face, like the green shoots of the onion.

Therefore let me move you now says the Lord. Let me remove from you those things that are hiding the true treasure that is in you. As a gardener removes the soil around the onion and reveals it to the world, so shall I do in your life.

And then everyone can see the wonder of what is inside of you. Then many will be drawn to you and come to receive the many blessings that have been growing inside you for so long.