Sow the Seed

Today's Reading: Mark 4:1-20

If you heard Jeff's sermon on Sunday, you heard about the two important elements for telling a story. You have to have someone willing to tell the story and you have to have a hearer. We spent some time thinking about who we could tell God's story to and then praying over those people in our sphere of influence.

When we tell the story of Jesus, we are often concerned about the results, or what people will do with it once they hear it. Jesus' parable here in Mark 4 says the story is like the seed a farmer sows. Some of it falls on the path and the Enemy steals it away. Some is sown on rocky ground and so goes away quickly because there is no root developed. Some is sown among thorns and while it takes root, the cares of the world quickly choke it to death.Finally, there is the story that falls onto the good soil and produces an abundant crop.

What I love about this parable is that we are not held responsible for the results. We are simply told to go and spread the word - tell The Story - and see what is produced in the hearer. Yes, we can pray for them. We can answer their questions. We can encourage them. But the results are not really up to us.

Our only responsibility is to tell the story. Who was on your Tic Tac Go card that you will share The Story with?

- Holly Barrett