About a month ago, I attended the start of a series of lessons on Jesus' parables (Matthew 13:1-23) (Mark 4:1-20) (Luke 8:1-15). The preacher took us in the direction that we had to "spread seeds." Christians must broadcast the Word and the Gospel of Christ throughout their individual worlds. Every person one meets is an opportunity to further the Kingdom of God. He also talked about watering the seeds through encouragement and the nourishing example of Christian living.
A gentleman questioned him though by pointing out that a sower shouldn't intentionally broadcast seeds where they have no chance of growing. In other words, some people aren't receptive to Christ, and it is a waste of effort to spend but so much time on them. Yes, we have been commissioned (Matthew 28:16-20), but it seems foolish to plant seeds on rocks. I haven't spent the time to thoroughly study the issue, but I thought it was worth studying more thoroughly.
My off the cuff response is that personal evangelism is personal, and we have to pray and let the Holy Spirit guide us. I guess it comes back to trusting in our Father to lead and recognizing that we are just His followers.
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