As believers, we should live every day with the ears of our heart tuned to God, listening to Him about even seemingly insignificant things, because we don’t know what blessings may be waiting for us at the other end of our obedience.
Watch Out for Those Thorns
The third group in Jesus’ parable about the sower received the Word and held on to it, but then something else happened. The thorns, which represent “the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches” choked the Word so that it yielded no fruit (verse 22).
I think this is where most Spirit-filled Christians get off track. They have so many things to do; they face so many demands at home, at work and even at church, that they let those things choke out their time in the Word. They let earthly worries and concerns suffocate their heavenly vision.
Don’t let that happen to you. Contend for your time with God. Weed out the things in your life that are hindering your fellowship with Him. Put Him and His Word first in your schedule every day. The more attention you give to God, the more He can do in your life. The more you focus on Him and His Word, the more deeply rooted the vision He has for you will be in your heart.
Your heart is good soil for that divine vision. It knows what to do with God’s Word and how to process it. If you put the Word in your heart and keep it there, watering it and taking care of it, eventually you’ll see your harvest—“first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear” (Mark 4:28, AMP).
You’ll become one of those receivers God spoke to me about during the Super Bowl that day. You’ll catch God’s vision and run with it...all the way across the goal line of life. V
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