“Then he told them
many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to
sow his seed.
As he
was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate
it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil.
It
sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
But
when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they
had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
Still
other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred,
sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever
has ears, let them hear.”
Matthew 13:3-9
The sower sows his
seed…
One seed only,
right?
Ask any farmer
that question.
Their goal isn’t
to harvest a lone plant (singular) but a crop (plural).
As a matter of
fact, they would welcome a bumper crop!
Like me, you’ve
probably read this parable many times and heard an untold number of messages on
it.
We can easily
discount the principles Jesus taught with this parable by reducing it to only
pertain to a decision about salvation.
How many times
in a day, a week, a month or a lifetime is the message of the Kingdom sown into
your life?
How about every time
you read His Word or hear a message from it?
It is a Kingdom message
with the potential for a crop to be harvested from your life.
Seed is being
sown into your life right now as you read this blog.
What will it yield
for the Kingdom of God?
Understanding is
the key!
“But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears
the word and understands it.
This
is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred,
sixty
or thirty times what was sown.”
He who has an ear...
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