The parable of the sower is one that we have come across countless times. When I saw it the other day I thought Lord not again I know everything here. Since I could not run away from it I decided to read it and just today God has helped me learn something new. In this parable there are different kinds of soil. The soil by the road or path, the rocky ground, the thorny soil and lastly the good soil. When I read this I was wondering what I can do to have the good soil but then I realized that is not my job but rather it is the farmers job. Usually a farmer is the one who tills the hard (pathway) soil, removes the rocks and thorns in order for it to be good soil.
Then I thought If it is the farmers job then why are there some people who belong to the good soil category and others to the hard soil. Then I realized everyday the farmer ( God ) is trying to make our hearts favorable to produce good fruit. He is trying to make each of us good soil but the problem is that we are not letting him do it. He wants to remove the rocks (gods) in our lives that take away most of our time. However most of us refuse and hold on to them. He tries to remove the things that separate us from him and those that are blocking us from receiving his word into our hearts but we say " God I will let go of that tomorrow". Today let us not resist the spirit of God but rather let us surrender to him our lives. Let the farmer do his work of preparing the soil so that it may be good and favorable to planting. He desires to see us produce lots of fruit. May you and I surrender to him today.
