Daily Devotions
Just look at the sower in this story! He’s really moving fast. He isn’t digging individual holes and putting the seeds in one by one; he isn’t even watching where he throws it! This man is in such a hurry that he throws the precious seed everywhere—even on the path, even into the weeds and rocks. If they had concrete parking lots in those days, you can bet this man would throw the seed there, too.
Why do that? What a waste of the precious seed! But the sower—who is God—doesn’t care. He’s got no time to waste and He wants the entire field—the entire world—to get the seed of the Gospel. And so He throws it everywhere—into prisons and schools and homes, among the rich and the poor, the educated and the not—to every human being. He tosses the story of Jesus across the world in books and movies and conversations, sowing the seed of faith with a generous hand.
This is what God wants every human being to know: That Jesus has given His own life on the cross to rescue us all from the power of evil, and that He has risen from the dead. Now anyone who trusts in Him will receive His overflowing love and mercy. We will become part of the harvest—a forgiven, free, joyful child of God who reflects God’s own love and grace.
And you? It doesn’t matter if you are good soil or poor, thorny or rocky ground, or even a concrete parking lot! God’s power can remake you, too. “For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to Himself” (Acts 2:39).
WE PRAY: Dear Lord, make me part of Your harvest—and then use me to spread the good Word, too! Amen.
This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Kari Vo.
Reflection Questions:
1. How do you usually plant seed—broadcast far and wide, or one by one? Why?
2. What does God’s hurry say about the value He places on human lives?
3. What does it say about how He values you?