I remember reading the parable of the sower many times in the past. This time, it impacted me differently. I read it several days ago, and if you've been following along on my blog, you know that life is considerably difficult right now. So this time, as I read I felt convicted
From the Book of Mark:
The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
I was convicted because trouble came, and I almost fell away. The worries of this life (my wife's sickness) and the desires for other things (my dreams of what "I WANT" in life) tried to come in and choke out the word in my life.
In the past when I had read this passage, my life was in an easy place. It was easy to think I would be the seed sown on good soil... I had no worries, I had no trouble. But now, trouble has come. Now, worries have come. I must keep in the scriptures and in prayer to keep me on that narrow path that leads to life. I want to be like the seed that is sown and yields a good crop.
Friend, do not deceive yourselves because life is easy right now. It won't always be easy. If you enter life's difficulties unprepared, unarmed you may fall. know the scriptures! Build a good foundation... because "in this life you will have trouble".
David
From the Book of Mark:
The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
I was convicted because trouble came, and I almost fell away. The worries of this life (my wife's sickness) and the desires for other things (my dreams of what "I WANT" in life) tried to come in and choke out the word in my life.
In the past when I had read this passage, my life was in an easy place. It was easy to think I would be the seed sown on good soil... I had no worries, I had no trouble. But now, trouble has come. Now, worries have come. I must keep in the scriptures and in prayer to keep me on that narrow path that leads to life. I want to be like the seed that is sown and yields a good crop.
Friend, do not deceive yourselves because life is easy right now. It won't always be easy. If you enter life's difficulties unprepared, unarmed you may fall. know the scriptures! Build a good foundation... because "in this life you will have trouble".
David
Good thoughts David! Thanks for sharing.
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