May I Steward My Seed Well

The parable of the seed.

Luke 8:14 says, “The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.”

The seed here represents the Word of God... what God says to me. And the thorns represent those things competing for my attention. And since we know that God always speaks by His Word made available to us always... The problem isn’t the His inclination to speech and it’s not so much our ability to hear, as it is our ultimate willingness to listen.

If the seed is what God speaks to me.. consider this: when a seed of corn is planted into the ground & produces an ear of corn, every kernel has the same DNA is the one that died. So the Lord died so we could have life. So whenever He speaks to us, He gives to us a seed that carries His entire DNA.
So when God speaks, He’s actually depositing something that has the capacity to bring complete transformation to my life!

James 1:21 says, “In humility receive the Word which is able to save your soul.”
James was talking here to those who are already saved. So he’s talking about the ongoing transformation of life in the received seed. Salvation is not to be seen as a one and done thing. It’s an ongoing transformation process.

God is often looking for good soil to steward what He has said. And the limiting factor of our maturity & transformation is always the condition of our soil. How we receive His Word and steward His whispers.

The thorns are simply a product of another seed. The thorn becomes another voice. We are to blame when we give ourselves to other things that are not of His Word. The potential is always in the seed. It has the ability to produce the likeness and the nature of God, but as soon as that seed begins to intermix with the thorns, they begin to choke the promise of the word God said.

And so the seed it is the Christlikeness that He’s trying to produce in me. It is absolutely catastrophic to invite other voices in because it competes with the eternal in my life!

May I steward my seed well!