Sowing Seeds
This has been on my heart for a long time and nothing can sum up my thoughts and add to them like this devotional from Shine FM the local Christian Radio Station.
' PAY ATTENTION ' .....................
In The Amplified Bible,(Mark 4:3 & 4) tell us:"Give attention to this:Behold,a sower went out to sow.And as he was sowing,some seed fell along the path,and the birds came and ate it up." Notice what Jesus said at the beginning of this scripture .. 'Give attention to this' ...in other words ... heads up ... I've got something REALLY important to tell you ......P A Y A T T E N T I O N !! The man sowed seed .. but .. birds consumed it;therefore,no harvest.This indicates that even though we are sowing,some of our seed doesn't do what it's supposed to do. SO .. let's find out why.Reading further in (Mark 4) .. the same man is sowing again.The verse says: " Other seed(of the same kind) fell on ground full of rocks,where it had not much soil,and at once it sprang up,because it had no depth of soil;And when the sun came up,it was scorched and because it had not taken root withered away." Do you receive this ?? The 'seed' did EXACTLY what IT was supposed to do .. grow,increase and multiply.Any farmer,or gardener can testify ... you put a seed under a rock and it will try to push that rock up.All seeds know to do is ... grow.
So .. here we have one man sowing much seed but not reaping .. birds ate it .. the sun scorched his seed.Since there's nothing wrong with the seed and nothing wrong with the Spiritual law by which the seed operates,because God designed that Law,the man is sowing in the wrong place.Many times,the first thing we want to do when we're not receiving the kind of return to which we are entitled,is .. question God's integrity .... or validity of His Word.Neither is the problem.The stumbling block is the soil in which you're planting.If you're sowing,but reaping little ... if your seed is being eaten without a harvest,check where you're sowing.Ask God what's wrong with the ground ... He'll answer you .... and when He does .... P A Y A T T E N T I O N ... and do what He says to do !!!
So in clising watch where you sow your seeds of strength, energy and time.
Blessings,
Alanne.
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