Luke 8:4-15
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”
When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,
“‘though seeing, they may not see;
though hearing, they may not understand.’
11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Reflection:
The Word was tweeted, someone reads it but other tweets come in and it gets lost. The Word was shared on YouTube and many see it and comment how wonderful and great it is but when the site crashes, no one remembers and goes to the latest YouTube sharings. The Word was on Wiki with many hits but when others edited the site with news of war, economic woes and jobless rates, the site froze. Lastly, the Word was put into an unbreakable server with heavy firewalls protecting it so whoever came to read it, could retain the Word and bring others to hear and read the Word too.
Response:
The good soil is quite different from the other soils because in the other soils, the Word is taken away, forgotten or not maturing. In the good soil, there is a hundred percent increase because in the good soil one hears and clings to the Word. Let’s ask the Lord to make us His good soil. Let’s pray for God’s help so that we can hear and cling to His Word daily, and may we see a hundred percent increase of those who God saves in our generation.
