What Kind Of 'Ground' Are You?

In Mark 4:3, Jesus tells us the parable of the sower. He tells us:

³"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. ⁴As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. ⁶But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. ⁷Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. ⁸Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times."
⁹Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
¹³Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? ¹⁴The farmer sows the word. ¹⁵Some 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. ¹⁶Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. ¹⁷But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. ¹⁸Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; ¹⁹but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. ²⁰Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."

So what kind of ground are you? When you contact us for help and we give you our advice, what will you do with the information we give you?

Will you be like the hard soil, and immediately allow Satan to convince you that our advice is not applicable?

Will you be like the rocky soil where you immediately receive our counsel, but after applying it for a day or two you become convinced it won't work in your life?

Will you be like the soil that is surrounded by thorns, where you accept our advice, so that it works, but then you allow yourself to use your new found freedom to become overly involved in things that are not important and thus cause yourself unnecessary grief and anxiety?

Or, will you be like the good ground that Jesus talked about, where you take the advice we give you, apply it to your life until you have absolutely perfect peace and power in every situation that comes up in your life, and are even able to help others come out of their problems as well?

I hope that when we tell you the answers to your problems, that you will be like the good ground that allowed the seeds of truth to grow up strong in you, so you can be a lighthouse to many, as you offer them the truths they need so that they, too, can experience the same abundant life that you have found.

God bless as you chose which ground you are.
 

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