The Sower Went Forth (Title is link to sermon)
I am continuing from yesterday’s blog of breaking up your fallow ground.
Matthew 13:3-9 (3) And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; (4) And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: (5) Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: (6) And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. (7) And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: (8) But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. (9) Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
For years, the themes found throughout churches of all denominations, center on the urgency of the Great Commission.
There is no question that this is harvest time. Amen?
We are to be reapers to gather in the ripened grain.
But we are not only to harvest, but we must also sow. Amen?
If we fail to sow, there will be no harvest, right?
Matthew 13 begins with the words, “Behold, a sower went forth to sow.”
Bible parables are earthly stories with a spiritual meaning or application. Amen?
In this parable the seed is the Word of God. Amen?
As the farmer scattered his seeds, some fell along a busy road and birds quickly consumed them.
Other seed fell on stony ground, where thin soil prevented growth.
Still other seed lodged among thorns, which choked out their life.
But some fell on good soil and produced a harvest varying from thirty-fold to a hundredfold.
I know that every person reading this has family members on their prayer list for salvation.
That is awesome, because your prayers water the seed planted!
But did you plant the good seed?
It would not do me any good to go water the soil that I have prepared around my house if I haven’t planted any good seed! Right?
The same goes for this spiritual application.
Are you sowing good seed?
The power is in the seed itself.
For this reason, it is important to plant good seed, watered with prayer and anointed by the Holy Ghost.
Good seed is preaching the true Gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Those that we are praying for need to hear that good seed and God has assigned us to be the sower of that good seed to those individuals.
I believe that as you just read this, God showed you WHO you are to sow seed into today!
Are you a sower?
I pray that we all sow that seed today!
Be blessed.
Comments
Sometimes we sow and others reap the harvest. But we all can water what has been sewn with prayer as Monty said. The fields are ripe for harvest but the harvesters are few. Too many Christians are afraid they will offend someone or that they will be embarrassed if they tell others about salvation in Jesus Christ. They are afraid they might be rejected. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.
Amen.