Do you like to eat? Do you like fruit and vegetables? Have you ever thought how miraculous it is that a tiny seed grows into a plant, and it produces fruit? Are you growing and producing fruit?
We find seeds of all manner of sizes and shapes. Some are flat and oval shaped. Some are hard and teardrop shaped. They come in a variety of colors. And all sprout into plants.
You know…how well a seed grows depends on a lot of things, not the least of which is the type of soil it is planted in. But even some of the harshest soil can be cultivated so that plants will grow. It is a matter of spending time, energy, and adding the right nutrients to it. I have seen trees and bushes growing out of the side of a rocky cliff.
Jesus says God is constantly spreading seed to grow in human hearts. Some hearts are hard and as harsh as a desert. Others are as soft as a sponge. Human hearts can be anywhere between. Perhaps that is why Jesus included four different possibilities in His parable.
For those of us who have accepted Him as Lord and Savior, we fall in the last category—the good soil that will produce fruit. It is not a matter of if we will, but a matter of how much we produce. How can we produce more?
To produce more fruit, we need the right nutrients. That includes reading God’s Word, participating in Bible studies, attending worship, and joining fellowship discussions about God. All these nutrients are available to us. Our decision is to receive them or reject them.
I pray we all know we are good soil. I pray we desire to produce more fruit. I pray each one of us will receive the nutrients available to us to produce more fruit. Know that you will produce fruit. Receive the proper nutrients. Choose to participate in worship. Choose to study God’s Word.
Matthew 13:23 “But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Marty Pressey 