A Good Seed Scatterer

Scripture – Mark 4:26-34: ²⁶He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. ²⁷Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. ²⁸All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. ²⁹As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” ³⁰Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? ³¹It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. ³²Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade.” ³³With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. ³⁴He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

Reflection: Here are a couple “kingdom” parables – snapshots of the kingdom of God from different angles. I’m struck by the first one. Seed is scattered. It sprouts and grows. I don’t know how. That’s a fact. I don’t know how that happens. But that’s no reason for me to stop scattering seed.

I don’t need to understand how things work in order to use them. I turn on a TV and I have no clue how the pictures appears on the screen. The workings of the internet are a total mystery to me. Yet I use those tools most every day.

So I‘ll continue to scatter kingdom seed. I’ll be intentional about doing that.

Lord, the fact is , I don’t even understand how prayer works. Somehow you hear and you responds when I pray. And on my good days, I hear your response, and a dialogue ensues. Hear me now and show me how to be a good seed scatterer today.