I was talking to someone recently who isn't a Christian and has shown little interest in anything to do with God. He was explaining that he was watching a programme on evolution and could understand how animals might evolve as their brain tells them how they must adapt. But he then went on to say that the other day he was out in his garden wearing his dresing gown. He brushed past a particular plant that had seeds with hooks on. One of these seeds hooked onto his dressing gown. It got him thinking that this plant had the ability to reproduce itself by having seeds that hook onto passing animals and eventually fall off somewhere else to grow a new plant. He then spoke about the sycamore tree and how it's seeds can't be planted near the tree as there wouldn't be the space or light. But the seed is designed to be carried by the wind well away from the tree it comes from. From one tiny seed this person had started the process of thinking that maybe there might be a Grand Designer behind everything. He didn't fall to his knees and exclaim, "I believe, I believe!" But it started him on a journey.
We have no idea what a small seed might do in the heart of an unbeliever!
Jesus told this parable in Mark 4:
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain — first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
Our job as God's children is simply to sow seed. We are not called to grow the seed and produce the plant. We can not do that and we never will. That is God's job! One word of life from our lips is a seed that is planted into someone's heart. What happens after that is not our problem. You just have to step back and allow the miracle of new life to occur. God is very clever. He is very powerful. He is very resourceful. By ourselves we are none of these things, so let's stop acting as if we are and think that someone's salvation is dependent on us!
"Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how." I love this because it helps me to realise that God is in complete control of those I have sown seed in! Wow, that's amazing! You see, we may never see anybody become a Christian through our witness. But you never know what is going on in their hearts and where they may end up. God will never hold us responsible for people's eternal destination because we have absolutely no power to save anybody. Every individual is responsible for their own eternal destiny. However, I believe that we are going to be very surprised when we get to heaven. I reckon there will be many there who we have shared the good news with and never knew they had responded at a later point of their lives. Let me share this amazing link about Mr Genor and it WILL inspire you.
God bless you amazingly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH4F49HFZeE
