I can still remember how it was to become a Christian as an adult. I felt like in understanding God's Truth, and ultimately His love, everything else that I previously thought was important suddenly became common.

From within the spirit and zeal of my newly-found knowledge, I would eagerly talk with anyone who would listen to me about the, “ Good News !”

I used to become frustrated when I would talk with someone, maybe sometimes for years, about God's Truth, and they would not accept and obey.

I began to think that I must be doing something wrong. I tried to think of ways that I could perhaps become more effective. You know, very much like any other goal-setting objective, try to devise strategies and tactics that I thought would help me to become more successful.

Then again, as I matured, both in my life and in my faith, I realized that perhaps it was a bit arrogant of me to assume that “ I “ could somehow be more successful, and cause more people to believe, according to something I might improve upon within myself.

My initial correction in how I reconsidered the importance of ‘ my ' ability, or personal success, was when I came to the realization that when Jesus walked this earth, he too talked with many, many people and more rejected Him than received Him!

Now; I know how God's Word impacts me when I read it, but, I cannot even imagine how it must have been to actually hear the words fall directly from the lips of the Son of God. Even so, there were many who listened to Jesus Christ and rejected His invitation to the Truth.

To help us prepare for this rejection and understand it so that it does not discourage us to the point of quitting or becoming ineffective, consider the following scripture:

Matthew 13:3-9 “Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. 6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. 8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

An observation today's Christian can make in this passage is that, according to Jesus, the “farmer,” does nothing to try to enhance the seed ; he doesn't do anything to try to improve the soil; he doesn't implement any special tools or equipment; he just sows .

It would also appear the “farmer” gives no regard for the condition, location, or circumstances surrounding the soil, before he elects to sow.

Essentially, the “seed” is, just what it is; and the soil is, just what it is; and perhaps most importantly, it is within those criteria that it either will; or, will not; take root!

Perhaps the most important lessons we can take from this parable is that it is not up to us to think that we can know which is the good or bad soil, and; we cannot enhance or improve the seed to make it more effective than it already is. Lastly, it also does not tell us that we can somehow make the soil better, in order to accept the seed.

If Christians can understand these truisms, then I think we can become more economically effective with the time we have to share God's Truth and perhaps even more importantly, we can keep from becoming discouraged with the rejection that is sure to come.

None of us desiring to share God's Truth can ever be more effective than just God's Word. And, none of us can ever hope to be more eloquent at expressing it than Jesus Christ!

So, Just Sow!