Yesterday as I was tilling the soil, mapping out and planting my vegetable garden, I was praying over many people thinking of the parable of the soils
Matt. 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:1-15, and I was thinking is there a way for me, as an external source, to prepare the heart soil of the unbelievers I have around me, so that when the opportunity comes that seeds are falling unto them, they are landing on fertile, tilled, healthy soil, and not rocky ground, or among the thorns? Anything more than what I am trying to live, of loving the Lord with all my heart, soul and mind?

Also, another thought… when you plant seeds in the ground, the first leaves to come up are called “cotyledon” and they are the first leaves of the embryonic plant within the seed that are used as a food supply for the germinating the embryo. When the seeds of the Word are planted into the heart of an unbeliever, how awesome that the Holy Spirit fills them as the food supply with those Words. The Spirit of God acts as the food supply to germinate the embryo of the heart! God, not man, plays the most active role in salvation, as in John 6:44-48. It’s just important that the person keeps getting watered, and that they are protected from the elements (frost and scorching sun) while they are growing.

I’m just continuing to pray for seeds to continue to be planted, and trust mightily that the Spirit is feeding and germinating. I’m praying for God to show me what role he wants me to take to tend the growing garden of those around me.