Friday, June 19, 2015

Plant the Seed

and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”  Ezekiel 9

It's more punishment from God (this group of people had a ton of problems), but this time there are some who are spared.  They are spared because they "grieve and lament over all the detestable things."

We all see sin - every day in fact.  What is your reaction to it?  Do you give it any thought, do you sigh and shake your head, or do you grieve and lament?  Do you pray for that person?

Everyone has an opinion about something and someone.  There will be people who sin right in front of you.  You can either roll your eyes and mutter that they're an idiot and wonder why they can't see the harm they're doing or you can grieve and lament for them and share your concern for their future.  

I've talked to people who say that we only need to "plant the seed" with non-believers.  I disagree.  I believe that we need to constantly demonstrate living a life for Christ and talking to those non-believers about Christ.  That seed needs cultivation.

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred,sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”  Matthew 13

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