“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6 And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
Mark 4:3-8 (ESV)
There’s a fun little saying used often by people in the Christian faith. “Let go and let God”. This meaning… stop trying to be in control of your situation and allow God to take care of it. I have news for you; that is a terrible statement.
If you’ve been attending an Echo Group at Echo Church, you should be completely familiar with the above scripture. We studied it for several months. What I want to look at today flows perfectly with the study we did together.
I believe whoever came up with this ludicrous statement, “Let go and let God”, did so with good intentions. Good as the intentions may be, they are misguiding. God never calls you to let go of your situation. It’s yours. It’s your life. It’s your field. He does, however, seek to become the field manager. Don’t mistake a field manager for a farmer…
You are the farmer. It’s your field. God has seed to place within your field to bring a good harvest, but it’s your field. When I was young, my dad was a farmer. He worked hard as all farmers do. He was always dirty. He got up early and stayed up late. Farming is hard work. I learned so much from watching my dad during those early years of my life. He had a saying that has stuck with me throughout my life. “Never leave the field half finished.” Don’t quit until the job is done…
Your life is your field to farm. It’s hard work. Sometimes it’s messy. With hard work, determination, and sometimes long hours, you will see a great harvest. God desires to put good seed in your field. It’s yours to nurture, fertilize, pull weeds out of (there’s an entire separate devotion), and produce a great harvest!