How Do We Plant seed?

This is part two of sowing seed series.
How we are to sow our seed.
As we go about sowing the seed of the gospel of Christ just how are we to do that? In Psalm 126:5-6 says, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”
There are a lot of things that make us cry. We cry at weddings, at graduations, sad movies and anything that tugs at our emotions. When was the last time we cried over a lost soul? Or cried because someone had wandered away from God? Preachers sometimes get so burdened about those in their flock they have a hard time seeing through their tears. I hear the voices saying we have never seen our pastor cry. Maybe not on the outside but if he is a man God called he may be crying none the less. Crying because of something a backbiter spoke without all the knowledge necessary; crying because he is witnessing the destruction of a soul at the hands of Satan. Crying because he watched as something he loves more than life itself is ripped away.
As we sow we need to water that seed with our tears. Tears of compassion, love and concern for the one we are praying for. Have you ever considered how the farmer must feel as he watches the seed he plants start to grow in the spring. Then as he harvest the fruit of his labor in the fall the joy that is in his heart. Keep in mind that once the seed is planted the farmer has no control over how the seed grows. We also cannot know how the seed we plant is someone’s heart will grow. That is not our job it belongs to God. What we can know is what type of seed we plant. We either plant good seed, mixed seed or bad seed. John 4:36 shares with us a great thought and promise, “And he that reapth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.” How many will you get to rejoice together with in eternity?
What kind of seed are we sowing? The seed must be the right seed. We need to sow the best seed if we expect to reap the best fruit. 1Peter 1:23, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the word of God which liveth and abideth forever.” We are not to sow mixed seed. We can’t mix the seed so as to satisfy the natural man. I read a story about evangelist Sam Jones. At one of the services where he was preaching he was told that he was rubbing the fur the wrong way. He replied then you best turn the cat around. God is not the author of confusion. Satan on the other hand is the master of confusion. If he can get you to sow mixed seed then the pure message won’t get out and souls will be lost or God’s work will go undone. When Jesus preached he also was told “you offend these people…” . The natural man understandeth not the things of God. We are not to mix satan’s message with God’s message. “We don’t do that!” “Really?” Let us see if that is true. Do you love your neighbor as you love yourself? Satan’s message is you really don’t have to do that ? God’s message is , “Oh yes you do.” Satan’s message let’s take and separate church and state. Let’s take God out of our schools. After all we need to teach our kids and make sure they are well educated. Humm! That is not God’s message. Preach the gospel in season and out of season. That is God’s message. Preach the gospel to the entire world so that my house may be filled. Satan then injects it really doesn’t matter what you believe just as long as you are sincere. The road to hell is paved with sincerity. There will be a lot of sincere religious people standing at the gate begging for a drop of water to cool their tongues. That is God’s message. Don’t shoot the one bringing the message.
The fact is that there will be many who are members of the church who will be standing in empty buildings one Sunday morning wondering why the preacher is late and why no one is preparing for the service. They will be joined by others who just didn’t have time to get involved. When God reaps the harvest of the save born again souls He will cast into the fire all the tares. Don’t believe me take a look at Matthew 13: 24-30. Especially note verse 30, “ Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” Now you don’t have to believe or accept this message. Satan would prefer you not listen. The choice is yours. Heaven or hell you chose.
Jesus said this message would fall in many places. It will fall on the hard hearted. Those who are just too good to be religious and don’t need to be saved, the ultra religious, those who just don’t need God in their lives.
He also said it would fall on the half hearted. Those who are saved but just don’t have time to get involved. Just go to church when they feel it is needed. Those who would not ever tell anyone about Jesus for fear they might be labeled as a Christian. There was an apostle who did just like that; Remember Peter. He denied Christ three times. He did go out and wept bitterly and repented of his error.
Jesus also told us the seed would fall on fertile ground and would produce much fruit. When our seed falls on a heart that is truly looking for God that seed will take hold and God will give the increase. We might call those the whole hearted.
It is our job to sow the seed of the gospel. It is God’s job to give the increase. Once again I ask this question. What kind of seed are you sowing? Where do you keep your seed? What type of harvest do you expect?