Smell the Fertilizer

“Bad people make good soil – there’s a lot of fertilizer in their lives”

When Jesus sent His disciples into the harvest field, He told them to go to the place where the soil was the richest – “to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matt. 10:6).

In other words, go where the sins are the greatest. Go where the sinners abound.

Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised, if Jesus were to show up again in the flesh, to see Him sitting with people in bars and hanging out with those who have HIV. In His own words, Jesus said, “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:32).

Back in Jesus’ time, the Samaritans were the worse. They were hated by the Jews for being half-breeds – part Jewish and part Gentile. The average Jew stayed clear from them and their city. But one day while traveling, we read this about Jesus, “He had to pass through Samaria” (John 4:4). Why? Because bad people make good soil – there’s a lot of fertilizer in their lives.”

Don’t plant seeds of life where it can’t grow. You will be wasting your time trying to deliver those who think of themselves as righteous. Plant seeds where there is a lot of smelly fertilizer. Look for the flies. Look for the bugs. Look for the ants. Your seeds will grow there – never forget that.