Word of the day

Sow the Seed

Matt. 13 3:9

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. ⁴ As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. ⁶ But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. ⁷ Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. ⁸ Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. ⁹ Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

I love the parable of the sower found in Matthew13:3-23. As I was reading and meditating upon this passage of scripture God begin to prompt me to encourage others, as well as myself, to sow more.

I’m not talking about money, while God may lead some of us to sow more financially into His kingdom. But rather to sow more of Him into the lives of others.  To sow more, love, kindness, forgiveness and of course more of the word of God.

The sower had one job in the parable that was to sow the seed. His job was not to plow the field but to sow seed. His job at this time was not to cultivate the seed once it was in the ground but to sow the seed. Not to worry over whether the seed fell on good ground or bad but to simple sow the seed. Not all of the seeds he sowed fell on good ground, but he still sowed.

Today, I want to challenge and encourage you to simply sow the seed.  Sow the seeds of love, kindness, and His word. We cannot let the fear of rejection or failure stop us from sowing seeds of God’s word, love and forgiveness in the lives of others. Will the seeds we sow always fall on good ground? No, but we still must sow.

  While the stony ground of man’s hearts need to be broken-up and that is a job for God. He knows us and He knows the conditions of our hearts. He is simply asking us to sow the seed.