By Sr Angelica
23.12.2018
Mar 4:8 “But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown.”
We see six kinds of soil in this parable.
Three kinds are named by Jesus as “good soil”. Named “good soil” because it survived up to harvest time! The others are
1. Soil on the path (v 4)
2. Stony ground (v 5)
3. Soil covered by bush (v 7)
which did not yield.
Good soil is of three types.
1. That yielded 30%
2. That yielded 60%
3. That yielded 100%
Why this variation? Where is the problem?
It is not with the seed. Same seed is sown.
Not with the sower – He did not discriminate any land. Each was given its due.
Problem was with the soil.
Soil = mind.
As soon as the “word” is sown, the soil receives it. But “mind” could not guard the seed. So it incurred heavy loss.
Even 2/3 of the soil which produced a crop, was under productive, only 1/3 could come up to full productivity!
To understand this better, let us go to ROM 12:2
“Continuously be transformed by the renewing of your mind”.
Mind (soil) should be changed continuously.
Mind should be renewed daily & continuously, may be, a few times even in a single day.
How to do it?
1. By hearing testimonies of people. (I give below one which I received yesterday. It renewed my mind )
2. By seeing the hand of God in the miracles that are happening around you. (Eg. Look at the flowers! where did they get the colour from. Rain water doesn’t wash it away!)
3. Meditating on each & every word Jesus said.
By these 3, human mind can be renewed continuously.
A mind which is renewed continuously will yield 100 during harvest! Blessed are they who produce the maximum using the potential invested in them!
Here is a testimony which I received yesterday.
"We bought new computer parts🖥 to build a new system for David's academics📕 from Amazon and he assembled it and after doing so, tried switching it on only to find the system not workin😖😩😭. After multiple tries still there was no change so we arranged a technician who came to the conclusion that the pins on the processor socket of the motherboard were bent due to some minor mistake and that the motherboard and the cpu's warranty was void due to "physical damage" and was of no use anymore rendering the whole system useless and to be thrown out. So we prayed during our troop church service at our place on Sunday. David too prayed fervently during his personal prayer. At that time the Holy Spirit🕊 guided him and so he tried to fix it again for the last time and to our surprise a miracle took place "*the computer worked without any issue*". It was the hand of God that made it possible for with God everything is possible (Luke 1:37). Our Lord Jesus Christ is always there for us in our time of need.🐣
All glory to our Lord Jesus Christ.
This renewed my mind. Hope it does yours too!