LIVING SEEDS OF THE GOSPEL

The way we build God’s kingdom is by reaching out to people. As we look at the Gospel, (Mt 13:1-23), Jesus is sharing a parable with us, a parable that is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.

“Others fell on the good soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty,” (Matt 13:8).

When the seed of the Gospel hits this kind of (soil) heart, it germinates, grows up and bears fruit to the glory of God. This is the only soil that produced fruit. The person with the receptive heart will bear fruit, then they will bring forth a crop.

Spreading the good news about Jesus can be tough at times. There are times where we can get discouraged. There are other times of glorious joy over what God has done through us.

Don’t give up; don’t plug your ears or close your eyes. Don’t harden your heart toward Jesus’ words. Knowing what kind of soil you are trying to plant seeds in will help you be more effective in your evangelism efforts.

When we are trying to plant in unprepared soil, we need to realise we will need to do more than just throw out the seeds of the gospel; we need to do some preparation work, some plowing, fertilising and watering before the soil is ready.

Jesus did not give us dead seeds. He has given us living seeds of the gospel. He hopes us hear the word of God and do everything possible to live it and help it to flourish.