What’s in your life seeds or weeds?
There are seeds and weeds that grow in the same soil. The seeds are the daily word planted in our lives through the different ways we engage to receive. The weeds are the things we allow to crowd out the WORD and choke it, so it does not bring forth any fruit. Even as Christians we can allow weeds of discord, worrying, anger, problems, cares of the world to squeeze the WORD out of our hearts.
Scholars recognize two Greek words that describes Scripture, which are translated “word” in the New Testament. There is the logos, which is the whole inspired WORD of God and Jesus, who is the living WORD (gotquestions.org). Next we have the Rhema WORD which literally means an utterance (individually, collectively or specifically). The Rhema WORD is the WORD we hear or read that pertains to things in our lives that we receive by faith. This WORD however, is a seed planted in the soil of our hearts.
The important thing is, our hearts must be receptive, so when the WORD falls on it, it dies and produces life. But if we are not careful, the soil of our hearts could be over taken by the many cares of this life. Jesus said, “The worries of this life, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful (Mark 4:19).”
The weeds are the things we allow to come in and thwart the word, that the WORD means very little or they erode the meaning of the word completely. There are many legitimate ways the cares of life may affect the word we hear and read, but we have the power to stop that from happening to us. When we give priority to the WORD of God more than we do to all the other things that come in to crowd the WORD out, then the seeds will grow and bear much fruit. Guard the WORD in your heart with diligence for out of it flows the issues of life.
Jeremiah 23:29
“Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
Protect the soil of your heart by daily mediating on the WORD you hear and PRAYING the WORD with confidence.
Advancing the Kingdom of God in the earth!