The kingdom of God is power proclaimed in the gospel. The word of our Lord is more powerful than dynamite and bombs, for it works quietly, as a grain of wheat grows inside the earth overcoming stones and all hardships. Study the power of God, which dwells in the gospel that you may become strong and live forever.
As a grain of wheat is scattered on the ground by the sower, so the word of God is in need of an announcer. After Christ, the apostles laid the word of their Lord into the hearts of men. Did you also become a ring in the chain of Christ’s witnesses who multiply the word of life by communicating it to others?
Christ himself was the first heavenly grain of wheat. He died that we may live. After his death, his power worked in the apostles’ weakness that thousands believed through their preaching. After a century, the seeds of the word of God were spread over the Mediterranean basin. Today, our entire globe became a field of God. Are you also a grain of wheat in the hand of Christ that he may scatter you as he wills, as spiritual strength and nourishment for others? Do you live for yourself, or for your brother man? Wherever your testifying word together with your pure behavior affect your friends and even your enemies, there Christ must have planted you in prepared hearts. He establishes your word in their minds. Your testimony about Christ works automatically for in it is the motive of the power of God. It is not you who save the others, but the power of God in the gospel alone. Get up and preach the complete gospel. Then rest assured, and trust your Lord, for it is only his power, and not you, that builds his kingdom.
After that, faith grows into your friend with love and hope, as we learnt from the parable of the grain of wheat, which grows naturally with its roots, stem, and precious head. Every heart that is filled with the gospel grows quietly and slowly according to the laws of the kingdom of God. So, do not seek firstly the heads from the new believers, or the prominent long stems, but be patient, feel assured, and trust the power of the gospel, which would overcome all malice and evil in the hearers if they believed in their living Lord.