Seed sown. Part 3

"Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful." 

                                                                     Matthew 13:22   NKJV

Thorns and brambles are notorious for ruining crops because, if left unattended, they smother the crops and choke them. There is also the difficulty in digging them out because of the fear of ruining the plants completely, or cutting the hands and arms quite badly. Care must be taken to ensure the ground is totally clear of the thorn but, this is not easy because they seem to have a mind of their own and are fast growing.

In this example, Jesus balances His discussion of the thorns choking the plants, to the Word of God being choked by the busy-ness of a person's world. The worries that we allow to rule our day are a constant burden to carry around. Instead of praying leaving the problems with Jesus, we tend to want to help Him in sorting our problems out, because it may be quicker, that way. 

It won't be and we will probably ruin any chance of things getting better, There is also, money problems. Some may worry if they are very short of money, where others may worry because they have a lot but, they want more. They also live in fear of losing it, if they make a mistake.

All these problems represent shallow-mindedness. The mind becomes full of the 'What if's' and there is very little space for faith to rule.There is a great urgency to place Jesus in first place of our hearts. There is life out there and God wants each of us to reach out and take hold of it. In Matthew 6, Jesus speaks about refusing to worry. about earthly things, such as money issues, food and clothes. He urges us to seek Him first and all these things will added to us. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Now Jesus wants us to seek Him first in our daily lives and promises that all these things will be given  to us (Matthew 6:33)       

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