DAILY?READINGS: 2 Kings 2; Jeremiah 35; Hebrews 7
“I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.”
1 Corinthians 3:6
Jesus told of a farmer who scattered seed in a field knowing that some would be lost to the birds, thorns or rocky ground. Someone planted the seed of a New Testament in a prison, but it was thrown into the garbage can. Another inmate saw it, picked it up and in his cell immediately read a good portion of it. Its message changed his life. When we see discarded tracts do we react with, “What a waste?” Buying a packet of gospel tracts or Christian literature to distribute is not a waste or expense, but an investment in life’s greatest purpose—to win souls for the Lord. May we be faithful sowers. —E. Dyck
The sower went forth sowing, the seed in secret slept,
Through weeks of faith and patience, till out the green blade crept.
—William S. Bourne