How's Your Dirt? Is your life-soil fertile enough to produce the crop you desire? Ep 290

Jesus frequently spoke in parables to teach the people of the day.  The parables sometimes seemed to be not so straight forward.  Almost like riddles.  He then makes the point that those who do not have the heart and mind to hear them will not understand them.  His point simply being that you have to be prepared and ready to receive the Word of God.  Sometimes the word is referred to as the "seed". This is the Parable of the Sower or sometimes called the Parable of the Four Soils.  Jesus tells about 4 different types of soils in which the farmer may throw his seed.  In each type Jesus teaches about what the outcome will be based on the quality of the soil.  Here's the bottom line, Jesus is encouraging us to make our soil ready to receive the seed and nourish it in order to produce the greatest yield of crop.  In this case, the soil is our mind and heart.  If you are reading God's word and struggling to make sense of what it means to you, Jesus is asking you to slow down and continue to work your soil.  In other words, work your mind and heart with humility and desire to learn more  about the ways of Christ.  When the Word is described as the "Living Word" it is meaning that the Word of God, the Bible, continues to grow in us as we are ready to receive it.  Things we read yesterday may have had little meaning, but maybe tomorrow the same words hit us like a eureka moment! Preparing the soil of your mind and heart is a process from birth to death.  Give yourself grace when something doesn't make sense.  Be a student and ask questions and seek the understanding of the Word of God. https://rocksolidfamilies. orgSupport the show#Rocksolidfamilies, #familytherapy,  #marriagecounseling,  #parenting,  #faithbasedcounseling, #counseling, #Strongdads, #coaching, #lifecoach, #lifecoaching, #marriagecoaching, #marriageandfamily, #control, #security, #respect, #affection, #love, #purpose, #faith, #affairs, #infidelity