I was reminded of a great parable from the bible the other day. The parable of the sower.
"3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.” - Matthew 13: 3-9
It took me a while to fully understand this parable. There are many different ways you can read it. However, ultimately this parable, (which is explain in Matthew 13: 11-13), is talking about sharing the message of Christ to others. Now this information can be heard by anyone. "Whosoever has ears to hear let him hear."- Matthew 13:9. But what others do with that information, with what we believe to be the truth, is completely out of our hands! We have absolutely no control! None! Zip! And that is really difficult to deal with. As sold out for God Christians, we are torn between this constant battle of saving everyones soul and letting go for others to make their own choice.
We really are powerless. I have battled with this for most of my life, and it still gets to me, the fact that I live to help and save others, yet ultimately I can not actually 'save' anyone.... that is Gods job.
I also read the chapter of love found in 1 Corinthians 13. If you have not read this chapter you need to! It is so on point and full of hope!
But the verse that jumps off the pages for me is 1 Corinthians 13:13, "Three things will last forever- faith, hope, and love- and the greatest of these is love."
Christians! We are called to love! Not to win arguments or fight over the small stuff, but love. Now when I speak of love I do not speak of the airy fairy lets just love all of each others problems until we are stuck in a Godless society. I mean the real type of love, the love that comes with scars and bruises. The one that sees the good in others and tries to help heal the bad and overcome the wrong.
"When others are not reading the bible, they need to read you."- Doug COC.
Christians we are called to LOVE others, we are called to share the truth in who/what HOPE really is! But most of all, we are then called to let go and have FAITH in God. To know that He has a plan for us and it is good. It may not be what we want. But it will be what is best. When we spread the seeds of God's story, we need to let go and have FAITH in God. We then stay! We stay and we LOVE those seeds and have HOPE that they will come to God and live a full life!
