Little Seeds

So many things worked perfectly

the timing itself was grand

It was started by a piano, and

a question from a lost man.

He wondered where we went to school

and we told him, as well we should,

that we were bible college students

and music majors to boot.

He congratulated us for saying

our campus name with pride

for being unashamed in declaring

our faith in Jesus Christ.

When Daniel asked him of his faith,

whether he knew the grace of God,

and if he were to pass away,

would he be home with the Lord

He said he didn’t know.

Then he said probably not

“I believe in God,” he told us,

“and heaven, the cross, and hell, but

I don’t think that I would go to heaven,

If I were to die tonight,

I live life to the fullest” he said,

“I know I don’t live in the light.”

Daniel asked if he could share

the truth the gospel holds.

The man said “yes, of course he could”,

but some of the story he may know.

Daniel lead him through the Roman Road,

through Ephesians and through John.

He explained the death of Jesus

and how he has overcome.

Christ has won against the Devil

death and sin are gone.

Though he was dead, Christ lives again

Our God, our God has won.

Daniel told how we can receive this grace

Through no merit of our own

we cannot boast in our salvation

but through the one on heaven’s throne.

But Steve was taken aback by this,

by the idea of unmerited grace,

we knew he thought good works mattered

it was written on his face.

His crucifix shone in the streetlight

as a wrinkle creased his brow.

He thought for a while on a question

as though he didn’t know how

to voice the words caught on his tongue

about this gift of grace,

and instead he asked us how

it is possible to keep 100% faith.

“How do you give all of your trust

to a God you can’t even see?

Do you always have to be sure

in order to truly believe?“

We told him it’s not easy

how we have doubts and we have fears,

but how, through everything that happens,

one thing we hold dear

that our God is watching over

every child who calls him “Dad”

No matter what we do or fear,

our life is in his hand.

No matter how we disobey

or the idols that steal our love

salvation does not depend on us

it is fixed in Christ alone.

Rebekah and I then quickly ran,

though the distance wasn’t far,

to get the gospel of the apostle John
from inside Daniel’s car.

A mad dash back and a challenge

for Steve to read the book,

and if he has more questions

to take a second look.

He thanked us for the time we spent

explaining the story to him.

He told us he would think on it

while he flew back to his home.

I asked if we could pray for him,

and the four of us joined hands,

I prayed for protection, favor, and comfort,

and that Steve would understand

The story that gives life

and that he would come to love it, too

That he would accept the grace of God

and let Christ make him new.

The prayer over, we said goodbye,

to our new friend named Steve,

and we said a prayer once again

that he would soon believe.

Tonight as he lies thinking

on the truth that he has heard,

please direct his heart and mind

to open up Your word.

An evening spent in friendship,

with pianos, teas, and jokes

ended with a prayer

for the seeds that we had sown

Lord, bring someone to water

this little budding seed

please help this tiny sapling grow

into a giant tree.