What Are the Birds of the Air?
"Protect your seed from the birds of the air!"
One morning as I awakened, the Holy Spirit spoke the phrase above to me from the Lord Jesus, downloading it into my spirit. Bear with me as I unpack it for you.
"A sower went out to sow seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the TRAVELED PATH AND WAS TRODDEN UNDERFOOT, and the birds of the air ate it up." (Luke 8:5 AMPC, emphasis mine)
While the "birds of the air" could represent angels, demons, or even just regular birds (depending upon the reference being used), we know that these "birds" are demons because of Jesus' interpretation in verse 12.
"Those along the traveled road are the people who have heard; then THE DEVIL COMES AND CARRIES AWAY THE MESSAGE OUT OF THEIR HEARTS, that they may not believe (acknowledge Me as their Savior and devote themselves to Me) and be saved [here and hereafter]." (Luke 8:12 AMPC, emphasis mine)
The Hardness of a Well-Traveled Road of the Heart
While we know that there's absolutely nothing wrong with the seed of the word itself, the issue with receiving that word comes from the hardness of a well-traveled road of the heart. (Photo via Pexels)
That well-traveled road has gotten hard because of the effects of being constantly walked upon by the issues and the circumstances of this life. This happens because of other people, circumstances, and the general difficulties of our existence that we often face on a daily basis.
So even when we receive a prophetic seed (word) from the Lord (good or otherwise), the ground of our hearts is sometimes too hard for that seed to penetrate, go deeper, grow, or actually mature in us. So the prophetic seed stays upon the surface of our lives, exposed to those "birds of the air," who try to immediately steal it as soon as it is spoken. If our hearts are prepared for that word, then it is able to penetrate the soil of our lives, where the birds can no longer see it or find it.
There are two primary things you can do to prepare your heart for the prophetic seed that God gives to you, especially if you're dealing with a hard-heart issue: "SOW for yourselves according to RIGHTEOUSNESS (uprightness and right standing with God); REAP according to MERCY AND LOVING-KINDNESS. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you" (Hosea 10:12 AMPC, emphasis mine).
Sow According to Righteousness
If you're consistently sowing according to righteousness and reaping according to mercy and loving-kindness, then your heart will never get hard in the first place, but if it is hard, then you need to break up the uncultivated ground of your heart through surrendering those things that have hardened you in the first place.
Seeking the Lord through repentance and forgiveness will help to tear up those hard places, root out anything else growing in there that shouldn't be, and remove the rocks and the hard places that restrict the growth of the seed itself!
The second thing that'll help is the former rain from the Holy Spirit: "Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for He gives you the former or early rain in just measure and in righteousness, and He causes to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, as before" (Joel 2:23 AMPC). (Photo via Unsplash)
That "former rain" is a teaching rain, and it comes during the planting season (or before it), in order to prepare the soil of our lives to not only receive the word of God, but to help that word grow in us, mature in us, and eventually bear the fruit of the Spirit in each one of our lives unto maturity in Jesus Christ!
Don't allow those demonic "birds of the air," who work for the "prince of the power of the air," to steal your seed or rob you of any of the promises that God has given you!
All of God's promises are "yes" and "so be it," if we will only allow them to be planted deeply enough within the soil of our hearts to where the enemy cannot take them away from us.
Keep your heart guarded from bitterness, resentment, fear, or anything else that would try to harden it toward whatever the Holy Spirit might try to plant in it! Submit yourself unto God; resist the devil and he will flee from you!
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Daniel Pontious
Every Believers Destiny
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