This song really inspired me today. This wasn’t my first time hearing it. I would catch bits and pieces of it in the car on XM. But I have one of those echo dots in my home office and when I sat down at my desk today something in me wanted to listen to music and just focus. It’s a Friday and my 1 day without any meetings so I knew that if I focused I could really knock down my to-do list. I prompted Alexa to turn on The Message on SirusXM, like always. This is our #1 channel. We got hooked on it about 2 years ago and the station in the car never changes! It’s also one of those channels without commercials so why would we ever change it?!
This was probably the 4th song, or so, that played but it sucked me in. I actually lost focus on what I was working on and asked Alexa if she could tell me the name of the song that was playing. I quickly jotted down her response and then tuned in.
I got lost in it and I found myself in tears. Samantha Ebert’s voice, the lyrics, and the message felt like a whisper from the Lord reminding me: He is always at work, even in the soil of our sorrow.
I’ve always believed that God speaks to us in all kinds of ways – and for me, one of the most powerful ways is through music. Sometimes a song will stop me in my tracks, speak to something I haven’t even said out lout yet, and remind me that He’s there, listening.
That’s part of the reason I created this section of my website. It’s not fancy, and I’m not trying to teach or have you believe I have it all figured out – I definitely do not.
The lyric that hit me the hardest in this song is:
“Lord, why are you keeping me here?
Then He said to me, ‘Child, I’m planting seeds.'”
That one line speaks right into the heart of waiting – those seasons where we feel stuck, unsure, or forgotten. I’ve walked through places where I’ve cried out that same question: “Why am I stuck here, Lord?”
But God, in His kindness, doesn’t those moments. He reminds us that what feels like delay is often His preparation. Just because we can’t see growth doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
Seeds grow underground first – quietly, invisibly – and so often, that’s what He’s doing in us. Cultivating faith, trust, and dependence. Teaching us to lean in rather than run.
Isaiah 55:10-11:
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth..so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty.
If you’re in a place of waiting right now, my hope is that you’ll hear the same whisper: “I’m planting seeds.” And one day, those hidden places will bloom.
My prayer is that this space becomes a little pause for you – a place to breathe, reflect, and remember that God is near. Not just in church or in quiet times, but in songs that come on at just the right moment. In the lyrics that say what we’ve been feeling but didn’t know how to put into words. In the small moments where His voice breaks through the noise.
If songs speak to you the way they do me, I’d love for you to sit with this. Play it more than once. Let the words soak in. And if you ever feel led to share it with someone else, I hope it becomes part of how you encourage others too.