I've been working to get my garden ready for spring this week and I've been getting very excited as the days go by. I can't wait to start planting the frost tolerant veggies! (probably in a couple of weeks!) The more I think about planting those little seeds, the more I think about planting a much more important crop. You see, as a Christian, it's my job to plant all of the seeds for Christ that I can possibly plant. I don't have to tend the garden, I just have to plant it. The Holy Spirit will do all of the hard, sweaty work. There's no telling what seed is going to grow or what seed is going to be trampled or eaten, or scorched by the sun, but I just have to scatter it everywhere I go. How do I do that without force feeding Jesus down people's throats? The truth is, anytime Jesus is mentioned to some people, they get very defensive and automatically think that they are being force fed, no matter if they are or aren't. I think that is a defense mechanism because the name Jesus scares people silly. That's OK, I'll just keep on planting. How do you plant seeds of Christ? You might ask. Just by bringing up the Lord every chance I can, or giving my testimony, or praising God when something good happens, or being seen in prayer, and offering to pray for people. The list can go on and on. Most of the time, I don't even know that I'm planting and that's the cool part. When you're a Christian, people look at everything you do and judge you according to what they see. If I go out of my way to help people, I'm planting, but if I'm mean or rude I'm just tearing up other seed that someone else has put down.
God, help me to do the best I can do for Your glory. Help me to be kind and patient and to do everything that I do out of love and a desire to serve You. In Jesus name, AMEN.
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