The Power of a Seed | Adam Weber

Today, if you have your guidebook, I want to invite you to open it up to page 41.

There's a section where you can take notes there.

Again, page 41.

And once again, at one point, Jesus, we're told, looks out over a crowd.

And Jesus says that the harvest is great, but the workers are few.

So pray to the Lord who's in charge of the harvest.

Ask him to send out more workers.

into the fields.

Friends, for all of us, if we want to see a harvest, if we want to see people come to know Jesus, as we know, it all starts with a seed.

I love these words from the apostle Paul.

Paul says, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop, but the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.

All throughout scripture, seeds and planting seeds comes up.

And with a seed, there's a pattern or an image.

With a seed, you plant something into the ground and it multiplies.

Like seriously, you plant one seed into the ground and a crop, it shows up.

Just for a second, think about this because we take this for granted.

You put one seed into the ground and it multiplies.

The truth is, though, this pattern or image of a seed, it extends into our own individual lives as well.

Like you plant a seed of encouragement into a child's life, and then it multiplies.

It multiplies their confidence, their purpose, and their future.

Or with your marriage, each day you plant a seed by deciding to serve your wife.

You plant a seed by deciding to build up your husband and then that seed, it multiplies and you find yourself with a flourishing marriage.

Or even just think about your thought life.

You plant seeds of God's truth, seeds of thankfulness and hope, and then it multiplies into a life of joy and wholeness.

We've seen the opposite of this as well.