I do not believe that is what the scriptures are saying. God gives us a vision, promise or word. And it is planted as a SEED on the inside of us. We wait for God to do His work on the inside of us. If all we are ever looking for is the fruit we will get worn out waiting.
Blades come first.
Those little things that are happening towards the fulfilment of the promise. I aggressively pulled those ugly weeds out to prepare the ground for my good plants. One was purple and the other orange. As I examined them closer, I noticed these lovely flowers were attached to the green rubbery weeds I'd missed pulling out in the spring. But because I did not recognize them without flowers, I pulled them all out.