GOD IS THE MASTER FARMER

GOD IS THE MASTER FARMER As servants of God- As servants of Christ- As their apostles and disciples In the 20th and 21st century It falls upon us To SPREAD the word of God We don't know Who will be receiving that word If anybody And who will not God is the MASTER FARMER “A sower went out to sow” Mark 4:3 Today's reading Mark 4:1-20 Is about the parable Of the sower A reading that almost ALL 20th and 21st Christians know The truth is That when a farmer farms NOT all of his efforts PRODUCE good crops And the truth is too WHEN we spread the word of God Not all of our efforts Produce fruit-in other words- REACH people who are receptive To the word of God “The fruit of the righteous Is a tree of life And the one who is wise SAVES LIVES” Proverbs 11:30 “Likewise Every good fruit Bears good fruit But a bad fruit Bears bad fruit A good tree Cannot bear bad fruit And a bad tree Cannot bear good fruit EVERY tree That does not bear good fruit Is cut down And thrown into the fire Thus by their fruit You will RECOGNIZE THEM” Matthew 7:17-18 God is the master farmer It is ONLY GOD Who can make the WORD OF GOD Grow inside someone It is God who determines Who the good fruit are When we put The word of God out Some falls on rich soil And grows Some fall on the path And are rejected Some words Fall on rocky ground And are uprooted by the people With selfish values And other words Fall among the thorns That injustice chokes off But the words That fall on good ground LASTS FOREVER in those individuals And in the world “Heaven and earth will pass away But my words Will never pass away” Luke 21:33 God's words-Jesus' words- LIVE IN ME God-the DIVINE-the MASTER FARMER-LIVES ON in me Robert P. Wallman 1-26-16 INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.