Jesus said to his disciples: "Hear the parable
of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the
Kingdom without understanding it, and the Evil One comes and steals away what
was sown in his heart. The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the
word and receives it at once with joy. But he has no root and lasts only for a
time. When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he
immediately falls away. The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the
word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it
bears no fruit. But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and
understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or
thirtyfold."
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How do you respond to the words of God when you
encounter it? Do you take time to ponder and reflect upon it even for a short
time?
We understand that we are always busy, but we must
not let this busyness take us out completely away from God. We must allocate
some of our precious time for God otherwise we might become walking beings that
is totally enslaved by this world. Walking being that is entirely at the mercy
of power, riches, flesh and other worldly undertakings that is attractively
sugar coated so that it could completely veer us away from God.
Jesus’ wants us to be the rich soil at all times: to
hear the word, understand it and live it. This is the reason why He gives us
people that will introduce and guide us to God. But some do not even care to
listen, some do care to listen but after a while they forget it, some listen
and they remember but they forget to practice it in their daily life.
What Jesus wants from us is to hear the world of
God, to reflect upon it and to apply it in our daily lives. By doing so
we now become the seed that was sown on the rich soil which bore fruit and
yielded a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Do you take time to listen, reflect and live the words
of Jesus in the bible? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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