It'll make you undefeatable!

In Luke 8:4-8, our Lord tells a parable about "the sower and the seed" to illustrate the proclaiming of the Word and human response. It is curious to note the audacious, almost reckless way in which the seed is sown. The sower must have been really throwing wildly, because we are told that some seed fell on the footpath, some on shallow rocky ground, some among thistles, and some in good soil.

To many people the sower's haphazard way of sowing would appear wasteful. Couldn't he have been a little more careful? Couldn't he have waited until the conditions were a little more favorable? Couldn't he have waited until he gained a little more skill at sowing before undertaking such a task? Rather than risk failure or looking foolish, some people choose to do nothing at…