2.25.2015
Wednesday of Lent 1 Mark
4:1-20 The Parable of the Sower
Good soil – receptive hearts – lives the
Word. This is how you can expect good seed to be productive – to bear fruit.
Sharing His story with others – we all know the Gospel hymn, “I love to tell the story” but do we even
tell the story? Or, are we embarrassed,
or fearful to share the message of Christ with family, neighbors, co-workers?
The world was literally turned upside down by twelve men who had a simple yet
powerful message, we have seen Jesus alive from the dead. “We are witnesses of these things!”
That message has not changed in over 2,000 years. People still need to
hear that message, and the only person to tell that message is you!
We serve Him in everlasting
righteousness, innocence and blessedness. The second way in which the world was
literally turned upside down was by the changed lives of these witnesses. You might be the only Bible another person
will ever read! Our church and school will grow only by people being drawn to
the Savior, yet He chooses to work through means. Your efforts will not be in
vein.
As He has sown good seed, so we should
also demonstrate with our lives His works. By means of vocation. J. S. Bach
would sign every work with three Latin words. “Soli Deo Gloria,” which translates, “To God Alone Be the
Glory.” This leads us to ask the
question, do we give God the credit only when we are successful? In everything we do, to God be the glory. May
He alone get the credit. By means of
serving others, our neighbor, with the talents, abilities, and gifts the Lord
has given you.
How true it is. Good soil, receptive
hearts, produces good fruit as it is connected to the Word. Be a people who
hears the Word, understands the Word, and then, with thankful hearts, live the
Word in your daily lives.
Bless
us, O God, in this holy season, in which our hearts seek your help and healing;
and so purify us by your discipline that we may grow in grace and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.[2]
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