Fertile Soil?

Bible Reading: Matthew 13:10-23
Focus Verse: "But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means." 1 Corinthians 2:14

It may seem strange to us that Jesus would speak in parables.  He reveals that there were those who would understand them and those who would not.  Everyone has ears, but not everyone really listens.  Everyone has eyes, but we don’t really see.  It all depends on the condition of your heart.  Are you reading this devotion in order to check it off your list or are you truly seeking to be further yielded to Jesus?  The parable of the sower means that there are different ways to hear the word of God.  First, you could hear the words and have absolutely no understanding of the meaning.  Second, you hear it and understand and are glad, but you never apply it to your lives because you haven’t rooted yourself in Christ and are immature.  Third, you could hear the Word and allow God to work it in to your life where the message would grow and produce a crop.

“The Word of God is like little bitty seeds, scattered all around.  The Word of God is like little bitty seeds, scattered all around. Some in the road, some in the weeds, but everywhere you look you find little bitty seeds.” ~Dan Whittemore author of “Little Bitty Seeds”.  Did you ever sing this?  There is another verse to that song that says it better than I can.  I will share it with you.

“I want the Word to grow in my heart
like seed on fertile ground
I want the Word to grow in my heart
like seed on fertile ground
Watered by the Spirit and touched by the sun
And living like I should until the harvest come
Now I want the Word to grow in my heart
like seed on fertile ground”

Will you have an attitude like that?  Will you surrender your own selfish desires and allow God to create new soil out of your heart?  God is the one who hardens or softens hearts, so you need to give it to Him and allow Him to do this for you, then you will have fertile soil for the Word of God.  You will begin to then see fruit in your life.  Be obedient to what he is pressing you to do.
~Page Johnson
Interlocking Ministries