Mark Chapter 4: Verses 26-29 (NLT)
Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens. And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”
This parable is a good reminder to me that I don’t need to get worked up about doing things on God’s behalf. I only need to sow the seed through my actions and words, God will do the rest. As Jesus said, the farmer doesn’t make the seed grow, although he can tend to his crops and provide them with the best conditions to make sure they grow well, but it’s only through God that the crops will actually grow. We are only a tool in God’s hands.
That takes the pressure off. I don’t need to put pressure on myself to be doing things, but I do need to be obedient to what God asks me to do, and then I can leave the rest in His hands. The seed is His, and its good seed. We can trust Him to look after it far better than we would do ourselves.
Dear Lord,
Help me to be obedient at seed time and harvest and then let me trust you to do the growing. I ask in Jesus’ Name. Amen.