Good Soil
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Strengthen yourself in the Lord:
Be honest with what you are feeling and seeing.
Give thanks to God.
Move to what your Spirit knows to be true.
Declare with boldness and confidence of Him with you.
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Reinforcing your Identity is important to do all the time but more important when in challenging times.
11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. 14 Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. 16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”
Seed = Word of God
1.) Seed that fall on the wayside = Hear the word to you, but let other voices convince you it is not.
2.) Seed on rocks = Hear the word and know it is true, but time and other temptations make it fade away.
3.) Seed in the thorns = Hear the word but let life tell you who you are instead by all the challenges of life.
4.) Seed that fall on Good Soil = Hear the word knowing it takes time for it to come to full effect.
1.) Hear your Identity but let other voices convince you it is not.
2.) Hear your Identity and know it is true, but time and other temptations make it fade away.
3.) Hear your Identity, but let life tell you who you are instead by all the challenges of life.
4.) Hear your Identity, knowing it takes time for it to come to full effect.
Matthew 13:18–23 (NASB95)
18 “Hear then the parable of the sower.
19 “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
20 “The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.
22 “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
23 “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”
1.) Hear your Identity but let other voices convince you it is not.
19 “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
Not to understand is to let His word fall aside other voices.
You may not want to understand it because then you have to face all the lies you may believe that have bring you pain.
Example:
A a girl finds herself without parents at age five. She is an orphan and doesn't really belong to anyone any more. She spends her entire life not fitting in or truly belonging to anyone. She finds a fake acceptance through hummer and being really smart. But that lie of I don’t belong anywhere is always in the back of her mind. When Father says you are my daughter and I am already pleased with you, it never really sinks in. This person could spend the her entire life not ever letting the hundreds of time Father has shown her love and acceptance and belonging. Instead her ears are open to reasons that justify her view of not belonging.
1.) Hear your Identity but let other voices convince you it is not.
2.) Hear your Identity and know it is true, but time and other temptations make it fade away.
20 “The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.
This is a person who hears what Father says about you and it really changed you. You got goose bumps and even felt His love for you. But pain is more real then what Father says about you.
It becomes more about trying to not be rejected then walking in what Father said about you.
Example:
2.) Hear your Identity and know it is true, but time and other temptations make it fade away.
3.) Hear your Identity, but let life tell you who you are instead by all the challenges of life.
22 “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
This could look many ways.
Deceitfulness of wealth.
This is when it looks like the better path because it has something you think you want. Money, Influence, Less pain, more friends ,
Thorns:
Your work becomes your life,
Your image becomes your life.
Anything that puts your fruit in your independent hands.
3.) Hear your Identity, but let life tell you who you are instead by all the challenges of life.
4.) Hear your Identity, knowing it takes time for it to come to full effect.
23 “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Good soil is to let the word sink. You don’t just know it in your head but it has sunk into your heart and stay.
Most of the time this takes a process that can be painful.
4.) Hear your Identity, knowing it takes time for it to come to full effect.
What does making good soil in your life look like?
Tilling of Soil:
Wrestle with God. (Gen 32:24-32)
Jacob wrestled with God not necessarily to find who he was.
God wrestled with Jacob for Jacob to know who God is and who he is.
On the way to face the fear of Jacob’s past he met God and was given his true name.
Pain in his hip speaks of no longer doing anything in the flesh or independence.
When your strength runs out and you finally let go, then and only then is the soil of your heart good soil.
When your will submits to His will, you find Father and your true self.
You don’t till the ground Father tills the ground with you, through you.
Let Father wrestle with you today. Let what He says sink into you heart.
Let his word be the sward that unites body, soul and spirit and cut away what is not you.
What does making good soil in your life look like?
Dying to your strength.
Letting go of lies.
Letting your heart soften to the Truth.
“TRUTH applied brings healing and freedom.”
Connie Dietrich
Remember what He says about you.
Remember what Jesus paid for you with.
Closing:
1.) Hear the word/Identity to you, but let other voices convince you it is not.
2.) Hear the word/Identity and know it is true, but time and other temptations make it fade away.
3.) Hear the word/Identity but let life tell you who you are instead by all the challenges of life.
4.) Hear the word/Identity knowing it takes time for it to come to full effect.
When Father speaks to us do we hear it in our heads or do we let those words travel and stay in our hearts. Letting Truth come into our hearts is what produces the fruit of Holy Spirit.
Let Father wrestle with you today. Let what He says sink into you heart.
References:
1 That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. 2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach. 3 And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 “Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. 6 “But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 “Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. 8 “And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 “He who has ears, let him hear.” 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. 12 “For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. 13 “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 “In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will keep on hearing, but will not understand; You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive; 15 For the heart of this people has become dull, With their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes, Otherwise they would see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And I would heal them.’ 16 “But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. 17 “For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. 18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. 20 “The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. 22 “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 23 “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”