Jesus told us to be liberal...with how widely we sow the word! 

In Mark 4, Jesus tells the parable of the sower when the farmer scatters the seed and it falls on different types of surface with various results. Then explains it's meaning. Jesus doesn't explain many of the parables so it's worth taking note when he does. 

"The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop – some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.’"

If we are going to share the good news of Jesus (the word) through the Bible (the word) with the sword of the Spirit (the word) with ALL students, then we need to do so widely. So often we focus all of our attention on one mission event and hope there will be a revival. We need to see mission as a lifestyle. Something we are and something we always do rather than a one-off event. In order to do this well, we can learn some lessons from farmers who are:

1. Sensitive to the conditions. Knows and understands what is happening with the season..

2. Knowledgable about the land. Chemically and geographically. 

3. Wide sowers. A field is a huge place. There is a large chance of harvest!

4. Available to act when necessary. Might have to drop everything and go if the conditions changed. 

So let's get the word out there in student culture. It has power to germinate within people as they hear it.