life and death

I taught my disciples that unless a grain of wheat dies it abides alone, but if it dies it brings forth much fruit. I spoke of myself and I had a unique destiny that only I could fulfill. Yet this parable addresses a universal principle. My apostle Paul went on to describe the persecutions, infirmities, and afflictions that he suffered in serving me. So you see the same principle working in him, and he said death worked in him that life might work in his audience. Do you desire to serve me in a way that brings forth life in others? In what ways are you willing to let death work in you to bring it about?