The Good Soil

Thursday 16 February
READ: Luke 8: 5 - 15
MORE LESSON: Prov. 3: 1- 8

Almost everything in life is a seed. Your time is a seed; when you sow it by investing it in right things and people, you reap a harvest. Your words are seeds, when you sow the right words, you will reap the right harvest. Your money is a seed, when you sow it into God's kingdom and into building lives, you have a reward. Jesus came as a seed; so when He was sown by dying on the cross, He brought many sons as fruit to God. You are a seed, you must bring forth fruit unto the Sower. God's Word that comes to you is also a seed.
It is a matter of fact that good seed is at the mercy of good soil. If the soil is bad; it makes the seed to be non-potent. This is the reason farmers cultivate and fertilise the soil they plant on in order to have a good harvest. In addition to a good seed, you also need to have a good soil. The text shows us that the good soil is an honest and good heart. It is the heart that determines your success in the Christian life. Prov. 4: 23 says, Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. A preacher can preach but if your heart is not good and well cultivated, everything can amount to a waste. You can give your time or money to do God's work, but if the motive of your heart is wrong, it will not bring eternal fruit. On the other hand, when the soil is good, even if the wind mistakenly blows a seed its way, it will germinate and bear fruit. This is how some people with a pure heart and good motive benefit from a Word from God that is intended for someone else; they just receive it and it profits them.
Prov. 4:4 says, He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. A good heart is one that retains the Word of the Lord. Such heart will always produce a harvest whenever the seed comes upon it. Retaining God's commandment in our hearts and keeping His Word fixed on the tablets of our heart is what helps us to live a successful Christian life.
Today, you should search your heart and commit it afresh to God. Let Him cleanse your motives and fill your heart with His Word. As you do so, you will bear your fruit in its season. Your leaves will not wither, your flower will not fall off and every seed of your life will bring forth and become a mighty forest for God's kingdom, in the name of Jesus.

Prayer/Action
* Father, make me pure in heart and let my heart be receptive to Your Word, in Jesus’ name.
* In the name of Jesus, the Word of God will always mix with faith in my heart.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, I prophesy, no curse shall have power to perform any more in my destiny, in the name of Jesus.