O - Hearing God's word and understanding it leads to growth like a seed in good soil. The benefits of reading, understanding and responding to God's word are much greater than would first appear. What initially doesn't seem to make a great difference, springs up as an unusually productive harvest.
A - As I read God's word and slow down to listen and hear what God is saying to me there will be growth. As I seek to understand what I am applying to my life there will be growth. I will keep reading the Bible each and every day. I will keep applying it to my life, being soft, good soil for a harvest.
P - Father, thank-you for your word, the Bible. Thank-you for speaking to me as I slow down to listen. Lord, I will make time each day. Bring in my life a harvest for your glory. In Jesus name, Amen.
Daily Readings - Matthew 13
THE GOOD SEED
ReplyDeleteMatthew 13:23 But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the mann who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
Jesus was speaking to the crowds in parables this fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet. The one who receives the seed, (the seed being the word of God,) that fell on good soil, (the good soil being a faithful heart who loves Jesus and acknowledges him as Lord and Saviour, one who has a living relationship with the Holy Spirit). Because of this relationship you can understand the Word. Only now can a crop yield more than was sown. This is because God is able to Bless in each and every situation when our hearts become in tune with God.
P: Help me to be in tune with you Lord - Go where you want me to, say what you want me to, - Be all that you want me to be. Allow the GOOD SEED to be planted deep in my heart. Amen