IT JUST WORKS

He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces corn--first the stalk, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” 

(Mark 4:26-29 NIV) 

It is spring in the Rockies right now. What that actually means is that one day it is 65 degrees, and the next day there is a foot of snow on the ground. Nevertheless, it is easy to tell spring from winter in Gunnison. Most winters here are marked by sub-zero cold and plenty of snow-cover for several months. Now, even if it does snow (the valley had an inch or two last night) it melts off the next day. Temperatures drop and the wind blows, but the snowline is slowly but surely receding uphill.

On my short daily commute from my home to Gunnison, I can see the land becoming greener every day. It might be only 40 degrees for a day or two, but still the grass is growing and spreading. It doesn’t happen all at once, but seemingly in defiance of any cold-snap, the green of summer is displacing the gray of winter.

The Word of God is the same way isn’t it? Once it is received into the heart, it begins to release its life, and displace the dead refuse of worldly thinking. Our attitudes, our outlook, our entire world-view is slowly but surely being brought to life by the power of God’s Word. It doesn’t happen over night, but if you and I will give ourselves to the Word, and purposely plant and nurture it in our hearts, it will infuse our entire being with the very life of God. I don’t really understand the whole process, but I know this - it just works.