Today I spoke at the Salina Christian Academy. I tried to communicate the Parable of the Sower to kids 3 years old to High School. Do you know how difficult that is? Fortunately they were in separate groups.
This parable is found in Matthew 13 and Luke 8. The relation between a seed like the wheat seed and the Seed spoken of in this parable, which is the Word of God, is really amazing.
The wheat seed has within it's shell everything needed to produce a harvest 30, 60 or even 100 fold. The Word of God contains everything we need for life and godliness (1 Peter). The Bible lacks nothing in the way of producing fruit and a harvest in the life a believer, the one who hears, understands, retains and preservers - the good soil. All it needs is good soil in which to grow and thrive.
The other thing I have learned about wheat is that is must be sown by itself, with no other crop and especially it cannot be grown with weeds. The wheat just can't compete. The weeds always win over the wheat. The weeds choke it out, taking all the moisture and the needed nutrients for the wheat to grow. As hard as it is to believe the seed, the Word of God, will be choked out by the thorny ground. The cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches will choke out the word in that person's life and they never go on to maturity. As strong as the Word of God is it can't compete. This is why Jesus instructed us that we can only have one master. It will be either money or God.
What kind of soil are you? I hope that today you are good soil, that you have a good and noble heart for the Word of God to plant and that the roots will go deep in your life and you will allow God to produce a harvest in your life through His Word.
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