Who doesn't like a good mystery? The neat thing about a mystery is that you get clues that enable you figure out the answer - sort of participate in the story. It surely draws you in and makes you feel even valuable.
In Luke 1:1-15, Jesus says,"To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables ..." And the story or mystery we can possibly understand is that of the "Sower and the Seed" or "How God's Word Can Work in Our Hearts".
In Luke 1:1-15, Jesus says,"To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables ..." And the story or mystery we can possibly understand is that of the "Sower and the Seed" or "How God's Word Can Work in Our Hearts".
Jesus reveals in this story that there are four heart conditions that people can have:
- The road hardened heart where God's Word is snatched away by Satan before it can penetrate.
- The rock strewn (possibly bitter) heart that won't allow joyful new truth shoots to grow deep enough roots. They will wither in drought-like temptation.
- The thorn infested heart that steals the time and provision for new growth in order to support worrying about tomorrow, making money, or having fun.
- The good honest heart that hears and sticks with the Word until there's a harvest.
As I solve the mystery of how God's Word is faring in my heart, I will know better how He'd like to work to make me more fruitful. Fruit-bearing means new life that never ends!
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