The parable of the Sower – Are you the good ground?
Have you come across the parable of the Sower in the Bible? If you haven’t, you can find it in Matthew 13. It talks about the Sower who goes to sow seeds, and the four different types of grounds the seeds fall on.
The men and women who preach, teach and guide you are the Sowers, and your heart is the ground. While God sends the sower to sow the seed in your life, it is in your hands to keep your hearts receptive to yield a harvest.
Let’s look at the four types of grounds mentioned in the parable of the Sower, and analyze for ourselves which category we fall under.
1) Along the path ground:
The seeds that fall on the path are relatable to individuals that are too distracted to understand the Word. The Word of God is available, but they are just too distracted to receive it. Hence the Word coming to them becomes just like seeds that fall along the path, which end up eaten by the birds.
Girls, don’t be like this ground. Whenever you receive God’s Word – through your church, online teaching, blogs, podcast, etc, don’t let distraction steal your breakthrough. Because your breakthrough is hidden in God’s Word.
2) Rocky places:
Rocky places are grounds that have soil, but very little. Hence, it’s very difficult for any seed that falls to grow and stay rooted.
When God speaks to us through His Word it is important not only to hear it, but meditate on it, and obey it. That’s when the Word gets rooted in us. Otherwise, it becomes like seeds that fall on a rocky place that fails to get rooted.
3) Among the thorns:
This is the group that is preoccupied with the worries of life or constantly thinking about the “TO-DO list”.
What they fail to realize is that it is at the feet of Jesus that they receive true rest, in His Word is the solution to all of life’s troubles.
Jesus says in Matthew 6:25. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.” Then again He says in Matthew 6:33. “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
4) Good soil:
This is a ground that is well looked after, watered, nourished, and protected.
These are individuals that know the importance of the Word coming to them. They are neither distracted nor do they allow the worries of this world to take over. They prepare themselves to receive the Word, meditate and act on it.
To these individuals, the Word comes like seeds that fall on good soil that grow, get rooted, and bear fruits in its season.
This year, may we be found in the fourth group!
“They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:8
God bless!
XOXO,
Ruta Miller
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