Jesus poured His Spirit upon all flesh.
The Farmer cast His seed – Jesus and His Holy Spirit – upon all humanity. He gave His only Son to save the world – the entire eschatology of humanity.
God has birthed in all of us a portion of Nazareth – this everlasting seed of hope.
We, like the philosophers and farmers before us must behold this new birth in everyone that we meet. This seed of hope is present in every person who walks on this earth. This was God’s promise from the very beginning.
The living water helps these seeds grow.
The salt of the earth helps these seeds grow.
The light of the world helps these seeds grow.
After His resurrection, Jesus was first seen as a gardener. He is now calling all gardeners to the work of being water, salt and light to God’s seeds planted – through Jesus’ death and resurrection – in humanity.
To see, to visualize Jesus in our fellow man is to believe in the seed of hope, Jesus. By grace, our belief is fueled by believing. In other words: believing must transcend belief.
Evangelism is no longer planting seeds, but cultivating the seeds that are already present to us and all around us.
Evangelism no longer to seek and save the lost, but it is to truly see and hear our neighbor.
Jesus lives in us.
Jesus lives in them.
Us and them now become we.
To embrace all of humanity as the beloved and chosen of God is the daunting harvest that beckons, calling all gardeners.
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