Matthew 13
3*Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying:*“Behold, a sower went out to sow.*4*And as he sowed, some*seedfell 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!”
I'm gonna stick my neck out again. Isn't it nice how our Heavenly Father at times will gently show us the error of our ways?
I had been trying to sow seed (sharing the gospel) on good ground for years to reap a harvest, as it says. Passing over many who I didn't feel led to share with, for different reasons. Most of the times probably more just me being introvert and passive than anything or to be modest judging the type of ground a person is. When I was reading this parable, the light came on.
The sower didn't care where he sowed, he sowed everywhere!!!
He sowed on good ground , stoney, amongst the thorns in the road, everywhere. Who's to say where fertile ground is. Sometimes it's where we least expect it.