Preparing the Soil of the Soul

When Jesus told the parable of the sower, He didn’t give a lecture on soil science or crop management. He simply painted a picture of a farmer who scatters seed everywhere—with confidence, hope, and generosity. The seed didn’t land in the same kind of soil, and it didn’t produce the same results. But the farmer kept sowing, knowing that the harvest wasn’t his job to control. His job was simply to be faithful. 

That truth is both freeing and challenging. Freeing—because you and I don’t have to figure out who is “good soil.” We don’t have to wait for perfect conditions or polished conversations. We don’t even have to see immediate results. We just sow. We share the gospel with our words, our love, our patience, and our kindness, trusting that God is already at work beneath the surface of people’s lives. 

But it’s also challenging—because sometimes we get discouraged. We’ve all had moments where it felt like nothing we shared made a difference. Maybe we’ve prayed for someone for years. Maybe we’ve loved people who didn’t seem to respond. Maybe our efforts felt wasted. 

Jesus knows that feeling. That’s why He reminds us in Galatians 6:9 not to grow weary in doing good, “for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” God sees every seed you scatter. He knows every conversation, every act of kindness, every prayer whispered in faith. 

The harvest is His. The timing is His. The power is His.  But the sowing? That’s ours. 

So today—and this week—ask the Lord to show you where to scatter seed. Be open. Be wise. Be willing. And trust that God will bring a harvest far beyond what you can see right now. 

Just keep sowing.