The Plain of Sharon

My new project is to paint the seven places of spiritual abundance, (this is the first), and to pen a verse about each painting as I feel God has spoken to me. I love that this has been revealed to me!

In the Old Testament God made all of his blessing available to His people, so they in turn could bless the surrounding nations and all who saw how they lived would know there was a true and living God. There were seven places where the abundance of heaven flowed down to the earth. The seven spiritual places are still active in the spiritual realm. Prayer and confession can begin to release the spirit of abundance that inhabited these places into your life. ~ John Eckhardt.

THE PLAIN OF SHARON. 
(The first spiritual place of abundance.) 

Behold the fecundity of the Plain of Sharon, 
spread out peacefully next to the Mediterranean. 
Watch the joyful lambs run and leap, 
while rams and ewes graze in pastures deep. 

Seeds spring up from fertile soil,
herbage is flourishing everywhere. 
“The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, 
without painful toil for it.” *      

The roses of Sharon bob jubilantly; 
daubs of red embellishing the scene.
As fruitful as this land is, the same is 
God’s will for the redeemed. 

The spiritual abundance of Sharon
is unlocked by faith and prayer. 
The gifts are freely given, 
but sharing with others is key. 

And it is well to remember the words God spoke
to Abraham in “Genesis,” the twelfth verse: 
“I will bless you” and “you shall be a blessing.”
An invocation to all humanity realized through Christ.

*Proverbs 10.22 NIV
    

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And Sharon shall be a field of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. Isaiah 65.10.

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Featured Art: The Plain of Sharon

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