The
dandelion has received a bad name not because of its beautiful flowers but
because of its wonderful propensity to reproduction. It is as if the dandelion
thought that when God told man in Genesis to be fruitful and multiply He was
speaking to the dandelion.
I
would maintain that it should not be the national flower but the world wide
flower. It grows everywhere. It grows in the cracks of the sidewalks of the
large cities. It grows along the unpaved streets of small villages. It grows
alongside the highways and byways of all nations. It grows in the high
mountains and the low valleys. It has the ability to adapt to all kinds of soil
and weather patterns.
Would
not the dandelion serve as a wonderful example for the Christian to follow?
Its roots go deep in the soil and it is
difficult to extract them. It sows it’s seed indiscriminately and with
profusion. Would not it be wonderful if all Christians would send their roots
deep into the rich fertile soil of God’s Holy Word? So deep that it would not
be easy for the cares and worries of this present age to so easily uproot them.
And would not it be wonderful if Christians would sow the seeds of the gospel
along the highways and byways of life in such an indiscriminate manner that
many of the seeds would take root and there would be growth of the church that
would astound all the people of the world.
Was not this what
Jesus had in mind when he said in the closing words of Mathew’s gospel, Go,
therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe
everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end
of the age.? Matthew 28:19-20
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