Good soil
by Pastor Glenn Crouch
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‘But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it’ (Matthew 13:23).
For many of us, this parable is well known, and we see in it an explanation of why Jesus’ ministry (and perhaps our church’s) is not as fruitful as we might expect. However, as we journey in this week of devotions, let’s not think of ourselves as the sower; let’s leave the Lord Jesus to be the sower. Rather, read the parable again and picture yourself as the various places the seed lands.
We want to be the ‘good soil’ of verses 8 and 23. We don’t want to fall victim to the evil one (and we pray this in the Lord’s Prayer). We don’t want suffering to draw us away, and we don’t want to be led astray by our worries and our desires for the wealth of this world. Rather, we want to hear the word, and we want to understand what we hear.
Through the death and resurrection of our dear Lord and Saviour, we have been made daughters and sons of the Most High God. We have received much, so it should be natural that we want to learn more about Jesus, more about our Father, and more about the Holy Spirit. We are called to be disciples (those who learn), and that is the way of the ‘good soil’.
Father, I need your help to be the good soil, so that I can hear your word and not be distracted from it. Protect me from the evil one, from the ways of the world, and from my own selfish desires. Help me to understand what your Holy Spirit is teaching me. In Jesus’ precious name, Amen.
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