Automatic Seed

Seed to Seed

In the Parable of the Growing Seed in Mark 4:28 notice that there is a human partnership in this enterprise. But, that is not the riddle. This parable focuses on the actual growth process which is independent of human effort.

Without visible cause the soil produces a crop. The seed grows automatically. Martin Luther commented about this text, that after he preached his sermon, he would go home, drink a beer and "just let the gospel run its course." The power of Dr. Luther's sermon was not his education, or his eloquence, but the seed sown in a person's heart.

There is something powerful about the Word of God that changes us. It grows in us, mysteriously and miraculously. The Gospel is powerful. It grows in us. This then is a parable of hope. God's rule is growing night and day whether we sleep or get up. That's what Jesus said.