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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Sowing Your Seeds So that They Will Make a Difference in Life


Ancient Manuscript: Gospel of Thomas

Saying:  9

My Reflection on Verse:

We can spread the word of God to the world.  Yet, there are people that will make all kinds of decisions when they are giving the opportunity of life.  We have to remember in this saying there are no difference in the seed or the sower.  The seed is the Good News.  The Sower is the Jesus.

The first seeds fall on the ears of people who do not care about hearing the Good News.  The seeds fall on deaf ears.  We have to understand that there are people that can just fluster you when you tell them the story.  The Good News is just pushed aside and is eating up by the world.  They have no hope of growing until they are accepted by someone that wants to hear.

The second seeds fall on the rocks.  This is the situation where the person hears the
Good News but turn away.  They are willing to hear yet; they are not motivated to accept Jesus in their life.  Instead the Good news even though heard doesn’t grow.  These people can have the rock in their life slip away and they can one day have good soil to hear the Good News and accept it.

The third seeds fall on good soil.  The seeds start to grow yet, is choked out by the thorns.  These are people that accept Jesus yet, remain in the world.  They do not change their ways.  They are consumed with living in the world.  Even though they have Jesus in their life they will not produce crops.  These people are Christians who do not live the way of God.  They may treat people with discrimination.  They may continue doing their temptations freely.  They may also grow yet feel that they cannot share God.  These are the people that are the closest to having good soil.  They only need to break through what is stifling their walk with God to live in peace.

The last seeds fall on good Earth.  The harvest is grand with these seeds.  They accept God freely.  They grow their faith daily.  They become a very strong plant.  They are willing to share the Good News freely.  People will come to know Jesus because these Christian share Jesus not only by what they say but how they live their life.

Like many other choices we have an opportunity to choose how we want to accept the Good News.  Remember that this is the most important choices you will make in your life.

Questions:


Are you the person that hears the Good News but it is insignificant in their life?  Are you the person that hears the Good News yet isn’t ready to accept?  Are you the person that hears the Good News accepts it but doesn’t follow what you are taught?  Are you the person that hears the Good News and undergoes a full life change?  Are you ready to become the person that accepts Jesus and has their life changed forever?

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