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when he comes around trying to discourage you, put him on the run by quoting the scriptures God has quickened to you. Go back over the things God has said to you and shown you in times of prayer. Keep them before your eyes and in your mouth, "that inspired and aided by them you may wage the good warfare, holding fast to faith" (1 Timothy 1:18-19, AMPC). Thorny Ground or Good Ground? The third group of people Jesus identifi ed are described as thorny ground. I think many Spirit-fi lled Christians today fall into this group. They aren't seeing their God-given visions come to pass because, as Jesus put it, [They] hear the Word; then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suŠ ocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless (Mark 4:18-19, AMPC). It's easier than ever these days to let the distractions of the age choke out the Word we've heard. We have so many things vying for our attention. If we want to have time to spend with God in the Word and in prayer, we have to really contend for it! Otherwise, our schedules will get totally fi lled with the busyness of life. Our Bibles will remain closed and our fellowship time with the Lord will get pushed aside. Our minds and hearts will become overcrowded with the cares and anxieties of the world and, like weeds overtaking a garden, they will start to choke our faith and suŠ ocate our vision. For a while, we might not even notice what's happening. But then we'll run into some kind of trouble, and the devil will do what he always does in such situations. He will use that trouble to try and change our vision. For example, if you have a God-given vision of healing and you get a negative report from the doctor, the devil will try to get you to see yourself sick. If you have a vision of prospering fi nancially, and your company starts laying 3 0 : B V O V people oŠ , the devil will try to get you to see yourself losing your job and going broke. He will bring to your mind all kinds of dark imaginations when you're going through a trial of some sort. His aim is to get you to let him have his way in your life. But if you keep God and His Word fi rst place, you can reject those devilish thoughts and imaginations. You can stay out of the thorny ground group and be like the fourth group of people Jesus described in His parable as "good ground." "These are [the people] who, hearing the Word, hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart, and steadily bring forth fruit with patience…. some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold" (Luke 8:15, AMPC; Matthew 13:8). Notice, according to those verses, for the Word and your God-given vision to bear much fruit, you must exercise patience! Why? Because often what you're believing God for won't happen as fast as you'd like. You may have to wait awhile for it to unfold, and while you wait you must stay with the program. You must patiently keep doing what God told Joshua to do to take the Promised Land. He told him: "This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and¡ do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely¡ and have good¡ success" (Joshua 1:8, AMPC). This is the way you receive anything from the Lord! Big things, little things, healing, direction, fulfi llment of your ministry, and whatever else He has promised. You take the Word of God and get it on the inside of you. You fellowship with Him over it and get a picture of it in your heart. You let the vision of it get in you and hold on to it with faith and patience so that you don't perish, but you're happy and your life is fruitful. God is looking right now for someone who will do this. His eyes are scanning the earth for believers who will reach out with the hand of faith and take hold of the good plans, the abundant blessings and the thrilling vision He has for them. He is looking for receivers. Make sure He fi nds one in you! 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