The world counts the Cross as foolishness, but you rightly see it as the very wisdom and power of God. You ask for faith, for open doors, for the word to be sown and guarded, and you ask with a great heap of Scripture. This is good, for the word is our only weapon and tool. But I must ask: do you not see a danger in seeking the harvest at the same moment you are meant to be sowing? The season of sowing is now, and this season summons us not to gather in, but to scatter. If a man puts not in his seed at seed time and tries to reap in the sowing season, he not only effects nothing but becomes ridiculous. Yet many pray as though they wish to fill their barns while the seed still sits in their hand.
You fear the evil one who snatches the word. Rightly so, for the enemy is ever at the path, and the birds are swift. But look at what you have been given. The shield of faith is not a small plate; it is large enough to quench all the fiery darts of that wicked one. You beg for protection from him, and our Lord taught us to pray, “Deliver us from the evil one.” But do not confuse the human opposition with the true enemy. When men revile you, or seem to steal the seed you have cast, remember that the man who wrongs you is a brother for whom Christ died, while the devil is your irreconcilable foe. Pray against him, the strong man, that his house may be plundered. Too many waste their breath praying against the very persons they are sent to save, not seeing that the Gospel retains its proper virtue whether a man receives it or not, just as honey remains sweet even to a diseased palate that finds it bitter.
You speak of sowing and watering, and this is well. But consider the sower in the field. He does not dig up the seed every hour to check for a root. He commits it to the earth and trusts the work to the sun and rain which God gives. The growth is not yours. You cry out, “Grant the growth,” and then you cry out again as though the growth depended on your watching. Cast the seed, water it with your tears and your prayers, and then sleep. Rise and do the work again. Paul did not stay to argue endlessly with those who reviled the Way; when some were hardened and spoke evil, he departed from them and separated the disciples. He did not put himself in the path of needless contention, nor did he seek to kindle their envy to greater heat. Yet he disputed daily, and by this he gained many. There is a time to stand and a time to withdraw, but in all times, the word must go forth with boldness.
You ask for full faith and repentance, turning from all sin with grief and hatred. This is the only right response. But do not think that this turning is the work of a single moment, after which you become a mere spectator. The true disciple continues. The one who has been gained can yet be made worse if he watches his teachers and sees in them a wickedness that matches the world. If the disciple sees the teacher as a hireling, he will learn to trade and traffic in holy things rather than love Christ for Himself. The great ones, like Paul, made no account of the kingdom or of hell as a matter of reward and punishment; they did all for the love of God. This is the mark we press toward. Not merely to escape the fire, but to be consumed by a holier flame. Flee from the man who treats the grace of the Spirit as merchandise.
Go, then, and speak the message as it was given. Tell them plainly that the Sinless One became sin, that the debt is paid, that it is finished. The word you carry is not yours; it is the sword of the Spirit. The Spirit blows where He wills. Your task is to open your mouth, not to direct the wind. Do not be troubled when results seem hidden, for the seed is under the soil, and the harvest will come at the end of the age, when the reapers are the angels. Until then, let your asking be for a greater boldness to scatter, not a greater anxiety to store up. He who supplied the seed to the sower will minister it to you again, multiplying your seed for sowing, and at the last, He will increase the fruits of your righteousness.
Father, thank You for Your Wisdom and Power -- The "Foolishness of preaching the Cross is both the Wisdom and Power of God for us who are being saved" 1 Cor 1:18-31, Rom 1:16. Reveal Righteousness by faith Rom 1:17, Faith from Hearing, Rom 10:17, so the GIFT of Salvation Rom 6:23, by Grace through Faith the GIFT of GOD is Freely Received, Eph 2:8-9, Bring others to Water Seeds, 1 Cor 3:6, Glory to You who Invented the Plan of Salvation, Saved and Taught us The Message, Gave us Any Ability to Do Anything of Real Value, John 15:5, You are The One Who Gives Growth 1 Cor 3:7, Grant Spiritual Hunger 1 Pet 2:2, Wisdom and Revelation in The Knowledge of You, Eph1:17 Protection from the evil thief Mk 4:15 Jn 10:10 John 17:15 
Angelic Protection until Salvation Beheld, Ps 91:11-16, Heb 1:14...
Father, we thank You for these who've been praying for grace to witness in the face of trials and opposition, (1 Thes 2:1-13, Whole Book of Acts, Rev 1:1-22:21). We thank You for wide doors for effective service being opened despite adversaries, 1 Cor16:9, for divine appointments with housemates, in shopping centers, in cell groups, cell blocks, in churches, street corners, restaurants, with fathers, mothers, stepmothers, children, family, friends, enemies, wherever the Spirit blows, Jn 3:8, Give us what to say and HOW to say it, Jn 12:49.
Your arm is NOT too short that it cannot save, Isa 59:1, Numbers 11:23. Remind ALL that have ever heard, especially recently (and remind us, kindly) of our humanity, sin, the gospel of free grace by the bloody death of Jesus on the cross for our sakes, His death for payment of sin, Rom 5:23, with analogies of bills being paid, therefore nothing owed, it is finished, Jn 19:30, His resurrection, His appearing to many witnesses, His ascension, and sending of The Holy Spirit, Acts 2:32-33, and the correct response of repentance and continued discipleship, Jn 8:31-32.
This Jesus who was sinless BECAME sin for us, 2 Cor 5:21 (was judged to death as The Lamb, Jn 1:29, to break the curse of sin, Gen 2:17, John 11:50-51, Gal 3:13-14) so we could be made the righteousness of God on His behalf, as His ambassadors, 2 Cor 5:20, through the Word of reconciliation He's committed to us, 2 Cor 5:19.
Thank You for those who've heard, we've prayed with and for, and WE trust YOU Holy Spirit to continue to do His work until the day of Christ Jesus, Phil 1:6. Keep them and us all from the evil one, Jn 17:15, who attempts to snatch away the seed of the Word, Mk 4:14-15. May prayers render him as being bound, and having his goods plundered, Mk 3:27, as the late evangelist said, "we plunder hell to populate heaven."
Water the seed of the word and let them grow, provide more chances to share and grant us all full faith and repentance, turning from all sin with grief and hatred of it, wholly endeavoring to new obedience, trusting Jesus who has become for us wisdom, righteousness, continued sanctification, and redemption, 1 Cor 1:30. Thank you in advance, even now, in The Name of Jesus, Mk 11:24, Amen.
