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Answer Lies in the Soil
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eternal life with our whole heart, even at the cost of loss, persecution,
or death itself
Throughout the story of the farmer, Jesus showed that the differ-
ing planting results are based on the receptivity of the soil. In each
case the farmer is the same, and the seed is the same. So if the Word
of God fails to prosper in our lives, the problem lies in ourselves. The
results are in our control. It’s true that we can’t change ourselves;
but we do have the power of choice, so we determine what we will
become. If your experience has been that of a beaten pathway or
stony ground, thorns, and weeds, it doesn’t have to continue that
way
God’s Spirit is ready to break the old patterns and to give you a
new life if you will allow your heart to be “good soil,” a hearer and
a doer of His Word.
As the seed of His Word grows roots deep into the fertile soil of
your heart, it will sprout! By the invisible union of your life with
Jesus, through faith your spiritual life can flourish. When Jesus
plants the seeds of the good news in the receptive soil of your heart,
the harvest is joy—joy for you, joy for all of heaven
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