There are seasons in life when all we see are closed doors. You do your best. You pray. You push. You knock. You send out messages. You apply for jobs. You submit business bids. You follow up. You keep showing up. And still, nothing seems to be moving. It's as if your efforts disappear into the ground—buried, ignored, invisible. In my more than 35 years of being a born-again Christian, I have personally been there.

And yet, into such seasons Jesus speaks a calming, clarifying word from Mark 4:26–29. We learn that while it is your responsibility and mine to sow the seeds that God has given us, it remains God's responsibility to make them germinate and grow.

This book not only explores key aspects of this Scripture, but also encourages both the new and seasoned Christian to: