The Seed Sown Along the Path!

“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” – Matthew 13:18-23 NIV

Although we desire to know the eternal life that God offers us, we sometimes struggle with it and do not know how to earn the heavenly ticket. Hence, some of us may resign from living how God wants us to experience what His kingdom is like and live according to how we want it, as one of the popular proverbs goes like “Live on Earth as it is in heaven.” This is true but I think more specific meaning to that proverb is that God wants us to experience same joy that is filled with the hope of the kingdom of God through living our physical lives on the earth. However, nobody cannot understand the message about the kingdom of heaven because it is completely in spiritual world. This is the reason that God is willing to pour His Spirit into us (1 Corinthians 2). We cannot force Him to pour His Spirit into us, but we can ask Him for it (Luke 11:11-13). He desires us to have relationship with Him though the word of God and prayer and by faith in Jesus Christ. This means that there is no such thing as a heavenly ticket. Because of God’s love, heaven is a free gift of God. All we have to do believe and trust in Him until rest of our lives (Romans 6:23).

Although “Live on earth as it is in Heaven” may mean that we should make our lives to the fullest, we should not be confused empowerment of the Spirit with feelings. The Spirit’s empowerment and the feelings are able to go together but sometimes, feelings are deceptive. For example, I downloaded the game that I really like with decision that it is only for relaxing my mind. If I get addicted to it, I would have to delete it because that is not to glorify God and I do not want to make my own kingdom around it. Addiction probably is one of the best ways that the enemy of God can use to make us go astray from God. However, I wonder what would happen if we get addicted to God through faith in Jesus Christ?

Listen to “Heal Our Land” by Kari Jobe. Ask yourself a question today: “Am I reading the message of the Kingdom through the word of God and living according to it?”