An average tomato plant will mature to about 25 inches tall and yield about 20-30 tomatoes a year. But with the Hiponica farming, one will get a 10 feet tomato sprout with a 33 feet crown and an 8 inch trunk. What’s more amazing than the size of the plant is the amount of fruit it yields - around 13,000 tomatoes a year! How is this possible?
Dr. Shigeo discovered that soil was, in fact, an obstacle to the full growth of plants. So instead of using substrate, as he considered soil to be “a nuisance on the plant’s way to show its maximum potential”, he used no soil and only used a specially formulated nutrient packed liquid. Soil blocks oxygen and light on their way to the plant's roots. Furthermore, it is difficult to keep a stable temperature, fixed amount of nutrients and humidity using soil. Dr. Sigeo realized that the nutrients needed to grow the plant were able to be pulled from the soil itself. So rather than planting the tomato plants in soil, Dr. Siego immersed the plants' roots into a solution that was packed with the necessary nutrients.
With right conditions - the perfect amount of sunlight and a nutrient rich liquid with controlled temperature and humidity, the tomato plants utilized the nutrients to not grow a wider root system, but rather used all that energy to produce fruits which yielded an incredible amount of fruit.
Who would have thought that an ordinary garden plant could hold so much potential. When the most unlikely obstacle, soil, was taken away, the energy used to overcome the obstacles was used instead to maximize the plant's potential in producing fruits.
I believe this is true with people as well. People carry many obstacles that prevent them from fully utilizing their God given potential. If we are able to overcome such obstacles, we can exercise and live fully in our God given potential. What are some of the obstacles in your life that are taking your energy from living a life fully for Jesus?
What are some of the hindrances that exist in your life, whether it be intentional sin or unintentional life circumstances, that continue to side track your walk with the Lord, that your life is stifled and stunted instead of blossoming into something beautiful God desires?
This week spend your time with the Lord. Ask as David did.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” Psalm 139
Memorize Philippians 4.13 and recite to yourself:
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Remind yourself that God is thinking of you all the time:
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. Psalm 139
Live fully to your God given potential!
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