Thought For Today - May 4, 2025
Keep on sowing!
By: Robert A. Searles
When we go forth to sow the seed of the word of God, we must expect that
not every single seed that we sow will take root and grow and bring
forth fruit for the glory of God.
Just as when the farmer sows seeds of grain, some seed will fall by the
wayside and be lost, or the birds will devour them. Some seeds fall into
rocky places where there is not much to nurture them ,and they are left
for the sun to wither them away. Some seeds fall among thorns which
choke them up and hinder their growth.
When the word of God falls upon an unsaved person's ears for the first
time, If God has not prepared that person's heart to receive the seed of
the word, even as the farmer has prepared the soil to receive the grain
seed, then the seed fall upon dry ground, and Satan is ever around and
ready to snatch away the seed of the word of God.
Some people have had their hearts stirred by God and are ready to
receive God's truth, and for a little while the seeds spring forth, but
before long the heart is dried up and hardened by trials and
tribulations, and no fruit is produced. Then, there is the seed that has
fallen among the thorns. The thorns represent those who at one time ,
with joy and gladness , have received the word of God , and for a time
it sprang up in them to produce healthy plants for the Lord and for a
season bore fruit; but because of associations with the wrong kind of
people, or associations with worldly things, the cares and riches of the
world, have choked them and now they no longer grow and bear fruit.
But there is always that small percentage of seed which is sown and
falls into good ground. The good ground is the person who hears the word
and understands it, and in him the word grows and bears fruit.
We who are sowers of the word of God must not become discouraged when
some of our seed falls by the wayside, or upon dry ground, or among
thorns, because some will always fall upon good ground. That which falls
upon good ground will bring forth abundantly for the Lord.
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, behold, a sower
went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side,
and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places,
where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because
they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were
scorched: and because they had no root, they withered away. And some
fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them. But other
fell unto good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold,
some sixty fold, some thirty fold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."
Matthew 13: 3-9
"Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the
word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked
one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he
which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into
stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy
receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while :
for when tribulations or persecutions ariseth because of the word, by
and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he
that heareth the word: and the care of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But
he that received seed into good ground is he that heareth the word, and
understandeth it, which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth some an
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." Matthew 13: 18-23
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