In Mark 4, Jesus teaches a parable identifying different types of soil in which seed is sown to successfully or unsuccessfully bear fruit. With the soil representing our hearts or spirits, and the seed as God's Word, the desire sprung in me to see how I a receiving the Word. Is my heart humble and teachable, or am I hard hearted and prideful in my knowledge of God? It is so easy for me to hear a message on grace and tune it out, thinking "Yeah, yeah, yeah been there heard that sermon, get to some deep teaching I don't know." Maybe it's just me, but I find myself in that boat of thinking. Usually, almost immediately, the Holy Spirit brings correction to my prideful, unteachable attitude.
Know the state of your soil. Prepare your heart to receive by clothing yourself in humility and teachability. Prepare your soil for the Word, that the Lord may sow into you that which will produce fruit. I want to be fruitful soil, so it's important to me to check my heart when receiving the Word that it may take root and bear much fruit in my life. It's not always what we do, sometimes it's simply how we do it.
Post by John Fritzsching
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