It's planting season. My wife and I enjoy this time of year, planting flowers and tending a large backyard garden. There's something spiritual about gardening. It's like taking care of the beauty of God's earth - being His gardener, if you will.
The account in Acts 11 of the scattered disciples calls this to mind. Remember that, following the persecution that sprang up in Jerusalem, the Hellenistic Christians were scattered, leaving Jerusalem and heading back to their towns of origin.
The story in Acts 11:19-21 tells how some of these young converts scattered the seeds of the gospel in places like Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch. And what resulted from their faithful sowing resulted in a church "planted" in Antioch that later would serve as the greatest mission launching station in all of Christendom. This congregation would later send missionaries such as Paul and Silas to carry the gospel far and wide.
It's amazing what God can do with a little seed - and some faithful followers.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
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