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SUMMARY:Mark 4:15
DESCRIPTION:Mark 4:15 And these are they by the way side\, where the word is sown; but when they have heard\, Satan cometh immediately\, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. (KJV) \nWhat is the status of your soil? \nHow do you know if you prepared the soil of your heart to receive the word? How do you know it will take root? Have you been in a service where you really felt the presence of the Lord and the word seemed to penetrate to the very depths of your soul? Did you cry? Did you rejoice? Did you go to the altar for prayer\, desiring for the word to be sealed? What happened after the service? Did you make some changes in your life to comply with the word you received? When you continually till the soil of your heart (Hosea 10:12)\, the Father can plant His word and it will grow. Colossians 1:10 describes the rooted believer. \nColossians 1:10 So that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord [displaying admirable character\, moral courage\, and personal integrity]\, to [fully] please Him in all things\, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of God [with deeper faith\, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts]. (AMP) \nWhen you are rooted\, you hear the word\, and you are changed\, not just challenged. \nMark 4:20 “And those [in the last group] are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word [of God\, the good news regarding the way of salvation] and accept it and bear fruit—thirty\, sixty\, and a hundred times as much [as was sown].” (AMP) \nHowever\, if you have not prepared your heart\, you hear the word of Lord and one of these things may happen. \n\nYou will not even remember what the word was because the enemy will come and steal it.\nThe word will immediately excite you for the moment. It will truly challenge you. However\, the word will fade just as the joy fades.\nYou will not fully commit yourself to the word which will prevent it from sustaining you.\nYou will not want to be associated with Christianity any longer because the word offended or troubled you\, and/or your professed belief in the word caused others to persecute you.\nYou will give up on the word and became despondent\, convinced that God does not care because He did not do what you wanted Him to do\, when you want Him to do it.\nYou will stop reading the word and take your eyes off the Lord. You will move your focus to your many worries and all the cares of the world.\nYour desire for worldly pleasures; wealth; fame; your own sense of security\, not God’s; and/or anything else that is self-fulfilling will be greater than your desire for God.\n\nWhen the word is not rooted in you\, you are just hanging out at the church. You have to till the soil of your heart and break up the fallow ground. Prepare it to receive the word. The preparation allows you to identify what is stopping the seed of the word from taking root and growing. God is faithful to show you where the problem areas are and do what is necessary to fix them. \nColossians 2:6-7 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord\, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin]\, 7 having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith\, just as you were taught\, and overflowing in it with gratitude. (AMP) \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, I repent for living my Christian life selfishly. Because I did\, there were so many pebbles\, stones\, and hard soil keeping Your word from taking root. Even though some of them were huge rocks\, You helped me dig them out. I am grateful You brought me from a place where I was just by the wayside. Thank You for showing me how to cultivate the soil of my heart. I asked You to show me what I needed to change. You showed me and changed me because I tilled the soil of my heart and broke up the fallow ground. Now You have planted the seed of Your word in good soil and I’m grateful. The seed is growing bigger and taller and stronger and deeper every day. Thank You! As Your word grows\, every now and then\, there’s another rock that has to be dug out. Thank You for continuing to show them to me and helping me dig them out. I accept whatever means You see fit. Though sometimes it’s painful\, I yield to the work that must be done and I thank You for it. Make me Your ultimate farmer…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/mark-415/
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