Posted 2015-08-12 7:16 AM Subject: Our hearts can be fertile Mark 4:20
With God all things are possible
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Mark 4:20 and the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God's word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or evena hundred times as much as had been planted.
And how does soil become good? As the gardener said, it cannot become good on its own. Just as the Gardner works with it, we have to work with Jesus. It has to be broken apart so that is softened. It has to have rocks and weeds pulled from it. Good soil, (soul) has an organic matter, nutrients produced by the decay of dead leaves or manure. Circumstances in our life that, at times, feel like manure have often been used by God to help us grow.
So if Jesus is telling us to be " good soil" so that our hearts can be fertile ground for His Word, perhaps we have to submit to Him, allowing Him to break us, to pull weeds of materialism and worry and perhaps even " fertilize" us with what feels like dying to self.
How is Jesus trying to work the soil in your heart? Are you resisting Him because it feels dufficult? Ask Him to help you see the purpose of the struggles in your life.
For it is WITH God all things are possible
Have a very BLESSED fertile day!
Father guide me today to do all things to bring glory and honor to Your AMEN
Our hearts can be fertile Mark 4:20
