OCT. 14, 2013
Seeds
& Soils
Read: Matthew 13:1-9
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. —2 Peter 3:18
If
you like growing pumpkins, you have probably heard of Dill’s Atlantic Giant
variety of premium pumpkin seeds. Developed on a family farm in Atlantic
Canada, the pumpkins grown from these seeds have set records around the world.
In 2011, a pumpkin grown in Quebec set a new world record at 1,818.5 pounds
(825 kg). That size of pumpkin could yield almost 1,000 pieces of pie!
When
news reporters asked how this pumpkin could grow to such a size, the farmer
replied that it had to do with the soil. The seeds were of a special large
variety, but the soil still had to be right or the pumpkin wouldn’t grow
properly.
The
Lord Jesus used an illustration in which He compared different types of ground
to a person’s response to God’s Word (Matt. 13). Some seeds were eaten by the
birds, others started to grow but were choked by the weeds, and some grew up
instantly but had no soil to further their growth. But the seeds that fell on
the good soil “yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty”
(v.8).
Each
of us needs to ask, “What kind of soil am I?” The Lord wants to plant His Word
in our hearts so we can grow in our knowledge of Him.
More about Jesus let me learn,
More of His holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be,
Showing the things of Christ to me. —Hewitt
The fruit of the Spirit grows in the soil of obedience.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
