Plowing vs. Sowing

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Luke 9:62
But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

Matthew 13:3
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.

I'm sure we all agree that the sowed seed in Matthew is the Word of God. My question is can you plow without sowing and vice versa? Considering plowing is really a violent act: The soil is turned inside out and ripped asunder by a sharp metallic blade and remembering what Heb 4:12 says; have any of you ever plowed with the Word of God? Do you just sow? Do you just cast out the word and let it fall on whomever's ears? Do you spend time with one person and using the Word, help them rip apart their beliefs? Do you even view sowing and plowing as different?

In one of Spurgeon's Farm Sermons, he writes about how a farmer will not quit on any part of his land. If it's his, he will work it until it can produce. Plowing. Seeding. Watering. Fertilizing. Harvesting. That's a whole lot of work for one man and yes, Paul writes how these tasks are broken up amongst believers, but in comparison with the farmer; should one man do all that for one believer? Since God never quits on a person, should we?

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Do as the L-rd is leading you.. Just as there are different parts of the body, we each have different jobs. We are all to minister to people, but we all minister in different ways.. I am more of a discipleship and "helps" person rather than preaching- I edify and I have the gift of discernment, so "teaching" and "helping" is where I can build up. You could say I sow and prune, but only the L-rd really harvests.


Here's another verse to ponder which was in our Scripture portion for last week to this week:


Amo 9:9 I'm going to give the order. I will sift the nation of Israel out of all the nations as if I were using a sieve. Not one pebble will fall to the ground.
Amo 9:10 All the sinners among my people are thinking, "Destruction will not catch up to us or run into us." In spite of this, they will be killed with swords.
Amo 9:11 On that day I will set up David's fallen tent. I will repair the holes in it. I will restore its ruined places. I will rebuild them as they were a long time ago.
Amo 9:12 They will capture the few survivors of Edom and all the other nations that were under my authority, declares the LORD, who will do these things.
Amo 9:13 The days are going to come, declares the LORD, when the one who plows will catch up to the one who harvests, and the one who stomps on grapes will catch up to the one who plants. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.
Amo 9:14 I will restore my people Israel. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them. They will plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Amo 9:15 I will plant the people of Israel in their land, and they won't be uprooted again from the land that I gave them, says the LORD your God.




It is ultimately the L-rd who reaps, but here he's talking about so much sowing and reaping and growing going on that we haven't enough time to do it all as it's all happening at the same time, instead of gradually as it has before.
Think of it also like the other verses; there are those of us with each different job, and we're sowing, and we're reaping and we're pruning and we're cleaning off the food & preparing it for it's use-- but there's not enough time to finish each task as we're readying for the next harvest and each other thing we have to do.


Just as your ear doesn't see, and your foot doesn't have odor sensory organs as your nose does... there is a different job and place for everyone.

as it says somewhere in the Bible "one sows and another reaps".