Has been procrastinating this blog for a long time. My excuse is no time to go online to update blog. haha typical excuse.. but I have time to go online to read comic!!!
Anyway I shared this with my cg before. God spoke to me through this verse.
"Other seed fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades so that it produced no grain" Mark 4:7
It speaks clearly from the verse that if the spiritual seed is to grow among the thorns, it will bear no fruit. Fruit here could mean fruit of the Spirit- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self control. We will not have these lasting fruit in us if we are choked up by these thorns. In simple terms, this could be the hearts of worldly christians. They still do christian activities but their heart are choked with thorns.
These thorns could be distraction, worries, addiction, negativism etc that we have. It's seed may appear harmless at first but it can grow to something thorny and choking in our heart. So we have to be careful of what we are sowing in our heart.
What seeds are we sowing in our heart? Will these seeds grow to be like thorns or will they grow to bear spiritual fruits? With the thorns, there wouldn't be space for spiritual seeds to grow and bear fruit.
What inputs are we allowing ourselves to receive? What habits are we cultivating? Are they beneficial, are they destructive or distracting? What are our values and priorities in our lives, are they thorny?
In order for spiritual seeds to grow better and bear fruit, we have to remove those thorny plants rooted in our heart. It will be painful and difficult. We need God's help to remove them and we have to replace that leftover void/space with spiritual seeds or else other seeds will take over.
We are recognised by our fruit. So are we thorny or fruitty?
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