Spring is finally here. The ground is softening, the days are stretching longer, and seeds are going into the earth. Farmers and gardeners alike, know this season well—it’s a time of faith and patience. You bury something small in the soil and trust that, with time, warmth, and water, life will emerge.
This same image of sowing and reaping is all over Scripture. Jesus often spoke in agricultural terms because his listeners understood the rhythm of the land. In Luke 8, he tells the parable of the sower, explaining how the Word of God is like seed—meant to be scattered, received, and cultivated.
As followers of Jesus, we treasure the truth of the Gospel and the call to share it. Like springtime farmers, we’re not responsible for the miracle of growth—but we are responsible to plant. Whether we’re sharing our faith journey with a friend, teaching a Bible story to a child , or simply living faithfully among our neighbors, we are sowing seeds. Sometimes those seeds land on good soil, and other times they fall on rocky or thorny ground. Yet we keep planting.
Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 3:6-7, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.” What a freeing truth! We don’t have to manufacture results, that job is God’s. We’re simply called to faithfully share the Good News of Jesus through word and action.
This week, as you plant in your fields or simply watch the world turn green again, let it stir a spiritual reminder: God is always working beneath the surface to bring life. That prayer you’ve prayed for years? That friend you’ve witnessed to with no response? That child you’re raising in the faith? Keep sowing.
Psalm 126:5-6 says, “Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.”
Sometimes planting is hard. It takes faith to believe that hidden things will grow. But in God’s kingdom, nothing sown in love is ever wasted.
So plant your seeds—both in the ground and in people’s lives—and trust the Lord of the harvest. Springtime is a season of promise. And with God, the best is always yet to come.
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