Farmer of Faith

I used to spend hours upon hours trying to save people. I felt it was my personal responsibility to reach every lost soul I encountered. But over time, God has reshaped my understanding.

This is part of my growth in Christ. I’ve discovered a far greater calling—a shift in how I serve Him. I now see myself as a “Farmer of Faith.”

This change has brought incredible peace to my heart. I no longer carry the crushing weight of feeling responsible for someone else’s salvation. It was never mine to carry in the first place.

For years, I believed it was my obligation to save people. But looking back, I realize how arrogant that thinking was. How could I believe I had the power to save a soul when even God doesn’t force salvation on anyone?

Salvation is a personal decision. Every person must choose for themselves to accept Jesus Christ. My role—and your role—is to plant seeds, water them through prayer and encouragement, and trust God for the harvest.

Paul explained it beautifully:

1 Corinthians 3:6–7

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

My responsibility is to be faithful in sowing the truth of the Gospel. God alone brings the growth. That realization has lifted an enormous burden and filled me with a deep joy in my service to Him.

We are all gardeners in God’s field. Our calling is to tend His garden—planting seeds of faith in hearts, nurturing them with love, and trusting His perfect timing for the harvest.

Genesis 2:15

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

In the same way Adam was called to care for the garden, we are called to cultivate the soil of people’s hearts—not by force, but by faithfulness. We sow in prayer, we water with kindness, and we trust God with the results.

It is freeing to know that I don’t have to save anyone. My task is to obey, to share, and to pray—and then step back and let God do what only He can do.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

So I will keep tending God’s garden, confident that He will bring the harvest in His perfect way and time.

IN Christ
Jeffrey Trester