The Sower and the Harvest

Sower:  to plant seed for growth especially by scattering : to set something in motion
Harvest:  the act or process of gathering in a crop
God has granted us the ability to sow seeds of faith by sharing His Word. We are the sowers. He is the Master and will gather His own at harvest! When we share His Words, we are indeed planting crops. We tell of the wonders of a Holy God. A seed as tiny as a mustard seed but through it, God changes a heart for eternity. You see, God begins His work in ways we can not see nor understand. Even before we open our mouth to speak of His gift of salvation, He is already beginning to prepare the crop. It may be through illness, or a disaster, or some act of unbelievable kindness. God ways are not like ours.
Luke 8:4-8 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." Luke 8:9-15 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'  Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.God's imperishable seed: 1 Peter 1:23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of GodLord, by Your power, and through Your Word, let us bear fruit for Your glory. Give us a servant heart to share Your love to the lost. Amen