Most of us are starting to enjoy a delicious bounty of homegrown tomatoes right now. Have you ever stopped to think about how amazing it is that from one seed grows a tomato plant? From that plant, many more tomatoes grow. Inside each of those tomatoes are many seeds that will grow many more delicious tomatoes.
Jesus, in Matthew chapter 13, tells his disciples parables about seeds. We should all be looking for opportunities to plant seeds. You plant a seed when you make a visitor to church feel welcome through a handshake and smile. Or invite them to sit next to you instead of saving those seats for friends or family. You are planting a seed when you ask someone to church.
You plant another seed when you reach out to people in the community who need help through fundraisers and giving. A seed is planted through cards, phone calls, e-mails, texts, and Facebook messages to those who need to know you care.
A seed is planted when we use our God-given gifts to touch others. Your seed may be the gift of song, playing a musical instrument, leadership, teaching kids, cooking, protecting us, or prayer. God didn’t give you gifts to hide them but to use them to help reach others for him.
When you act like a Christian should, instead of judging, griping, or complaining, you plant a seed. They want to have what you have. You also plant a seed when you boldly tell someone about Jesus.
Do everything you can to plant seeds. Someday, you will meet Jesus. He will say, “Come let me introduce you to some people.” Standing before you will be the visitor you made feel welcome, the one you invited to church, the one you helped, the one you taught. Behind them is the one you sent a card or called. To the side, will be the one you witnessed to. Next to them is the one you didn’t even know was watching you.
Behind these people could be many more people stretching as far as you can see. You see, because of the seed you planted in one person, that seed grew into many other seeds that touched someone. Each one of those seeds grew to touch many, many more people.
Isn’t it amazing what one little seed can do?
If you or someone you know is looking for a church home we invite you to join us at the Sac River Church at either of our locations: 6821 W Independence Dr. Springfield MO 65802 on Sunday morning at 8:30 and 10:00 or our Event Center at 6448 State Highway EE Springfield MO 65802 on Sunday morning at 10:00 and 11:30 or Thursday evening at 6:00pm with dinner served. You may also join us live online at https://www.facebook.com/sacrivercowboychurch or https://www.youtube.com/sacrivercowboychurch
