What speaks to you?
SCRIPTURE: While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop a hundred times more than was sown. When he said this, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
OBSERVATION: At first glance of this scripture, I have to laugh to myself a bit. My thought is that this farmer sure has lousy aim when sowing his seed. But thinking about it more, it's not the farmer with lousy aim. The farmer (us) doesn't always have the benefit of nurturing the areas before we spread the seed of God. We need to trust that some seed will take while others will not because of temptations (like the birds), or distractions (like the thorns) or lack of fellowship (needing moisture). This verse also speaks to us as the receiver of the word; the more prepared our ground is, the more prepared we will be to receive what God is giving to us.
APPLICATION: My first reception of this scripture was as a teacher or the sower of the seed. I should not pick and choose where I sow seed, because I may miss an area of fertile soil that is ready to recieve the Word of God. At the same time as a receiver of the Word, I need to make sure that in my life seed will continue to grow.
PRAYER: Lord, I hear you calling every day. I confess that I am not strong enough to rid my life of the thorns that choke out your Word, or find the moisture I need regularly to keep your Word fresh. Help me that I may keep my soil ready to grow your Word, so that I in turn can sow your Word.
YES! I am unpacking the weedwacker to cut down these thorns and a watering can to help keep things growing in my life.
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