Letting Go of Expected Outcomes

I'm still contemplating the Parable of the Sower and the thought of Sowing Kingdom Seeds.  Later in the book of Mark is the Parable of the Growing Seed:

Jesus also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.  All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.  As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”  MARK 4:26-29

Meadow flowers might serve well as an illustration.  Imagine the flowers as the result of gospel seeds that have been sown.  If you've every walked through a meadow, you know that up close it's a jumbled mess of flowers and grasses and weeds, but from a distance, it's a gorgeous array of flowers.  

There is a certain amount of chaos that exists.

All of the plants grow and deposit seed.  The next cycle begins...  Some flowers are more generous in their seed production, and therefore become the predominate variety in the meadow.  Although the meadow is not formally tended by a gardener, the seed still falls and the cycle still continues.  

A closer look reveals that there are several varieties of
plants that produce seed. Each grows to its full potential
and they don't discriminate where the seed falls.

Isn't this what the Lord has called each one of His children to do?  When we let the message of Christ dwell in us richly, it comes out of us naturally, just like the seeds of the flowers in the meadow.  
In the midst of recent tragedy, see how one man acted, prayed, and  trusted the Lord with the outcome, which was captured by someone and picked up by new teams so this gospel seed has been scattered far and wide!

It's unlikely that he will ever know the outcome of many of those seeds,

but that didn't stop him from sowing the word.  Nike's slogan comes to mind...

Just do it!