Which soil are you?
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
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Wow! What a powerful proclamation of the gospel tonight by Lendy. When I think about all the things he talked about--how he pointed out the ministry of failure that we are involved in (by the world's standard) and how few there truly are that are the good soil, it is a sobering parable that Jesus gives us in Mark 4.
Which soil am I?
Which soil are you?
Of course, we all want to believe that we are the good soil--yet we must decide if we let Satan take the seed away, if we run away when trouble comes, or if we get choked out by worldly pressure, money, pleasure, etc. We can't all be the good soil...even well intentioned Christians can't all be good soil. Only disciples who are willing to see how Jesus died and say, "Surely this man was the Son of God."
There are some among our campus ministry that are good soil...I can't wait to see God produce 30,60 or 100 times what was sown in their hearts!
Which soil am I?
Which soil are you?
Of course, we all want to believe that we are the good soil--yet we must decide if we let Satan take the seed away, if we run away when trouble comes, or if we get choked out by worldly pressure, money, pleasure, etc. We can't all be the good soil...even well intentioned Christians can't all be good soil. Only disciples who are willing to see how Jesus died and say, "Surely this man was the Son of God."
There are some among our campus ministry that are good soil...I can't wait to see God produce 30,60 or 100 times what was sown in their hearts!
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Lendy was extra animated tonight, I could tell he was excited to be preaching (even if it was a "downer" at first, in his words).
I like what he said, "There's one thing you need to understand about the kingdom. It's GOD'S. It's God's kingdom. We have NO IDEA what God can do with..." etc.
And the fact that God has revealed the secret of His kingdom to us is even more amazing. But it's kind of hard to believe/feel sometimes, when I don't feel that close to God. It's like, has He really revealed anything to me? Am I really partaking in some big Secret? (And I guess, in those cases when I'm not in right fellowship with God, the answer to that second question might be no! Ouch!)
Good lesson. May we all be listening and watching for the Kingdom.
--katie
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