I Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Have you ever had an encounter where you’ve tried to share the gospel, but the situation turned hostile when you mentioned the Bible or Jesus? The Bible is the most translated, purchased, and read book in the world and makes bold and unique claims about its power. It’s no wonder Satan opposes it.

The ministry of the Word takes many forms. Sometimes, it’s hard-hitting, like a fire, a hammer, or a sword. Other times, it’s more subtle, like a seed that takes root and lays dormant before it grows. Peter tells us the Word of God is living—like a seed, but unlike every other seed, this one never perishes and lasts forever. Unlike grass, which only lasts for a season, and flowers, which fade away in all their beauty, the living Word of God and the plantings it produces endure forever.

A farmer doesn’t cause seeds to grow but faithfully plants and waters them. Despite his careful tending, the seeds he sows sometimes lay dormant for a long time. Therefore, we remember, it’s not our cleverly devised arguments that bring about new life but the powerful work of God’s imperishable and never-fading Word.

We don’t know if an imperishable seed has taken root in our uncomfortable and sometimes hostile conversations. However, once in a while, the Lord allows us to see the growth of his imperishable seed,

So don’t lose heart! Keep sowing seeds and entrusting God with the increase, for his living and abiding Word never returns to him empty—even when it seems at first to go up in smoke.

Isaiah 55:10-11 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth:.