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The Parable of the Sower

Take care of your heart in order to have good field

28/01/2017

By: Bishop Luiz Casalechi

Article by: Victor Correa

In Matthew 13.1, we read about Jesus as the Sower. In this excerpt, the Bible teaches us four kinds of heart. When the Lord Jesus talked to us through parable, He showed us there are four kinds of people who receive the message of the Gospel.

The first heart is the one that receives the Word of God, due to not keeping the Word in the heart, remains in the middle of the way. Then, birds of prey come and eat those seeds. A person who hears the Word of God, but due to obstacles in life doesn`t keep It, loses It.

The second heart is that one God has difficulties in getting into, it`s a hard one; doesn`t have a place for God; full of concerns and doesn`t allow the Word to come in. If there`s a gap, the message may even come in; it starts to bear fruit; the person sees results in his life, but when the sun rises, for not having fixed roots in the ground, that fruit that started to bear, wither and die. Those people who never live the Word of God, let the Word dies inside, so It doesn`t bear fruit due to lack of depth in the field. Therefore, It never gets fixed to the ground. The sun represents our fight, and the difficulties we undergo. In difficult moments of affliction, when the Word would bear fruit to deliver the person, It doesn`t find the field, so wither and die. Even being aware of the Word, this person gives up, loses faith, and drives away. The third heart is the one that the seed fell among thorns, which grew and smothered the Word. Thorns represent people who are smothered by them. They even receive the message, the gospel gets into the heart, it provides hope of success, but their own personal project, their wishes, are bigger than God`s wishes in their lives. Those wishes smother the spiritual message of the Lord in your life This person pays more attention to what his eyes see, what the world shows than to God. That Word comes into the heart, but unfortunately, this person lets It be smothered. Those people are the ones who don`t have time to worship God, who don`t read the Bible anymore, never fast, and never pray. The world smothers him internally. The “me” wins against the Word, smothers, never bears fruit, and never shows results. The fourth heart that Jesus talks about is the one that receives the message and bears good fruit in faithful actions. The value of the fruit is added according to your faith with no barriers. The Bible says, if there`s something we should keep safe, it is our heart above everything because it provides the fountains of life. If we don`t care for our heart, when the seeds come - and they will be launched – if my heart isn`t a good field, they won`t be productive, and it won`t bear good fruit. That`s the reason why devil works restlessly, not to destroy your family, your house, your company, but not to allow your heart to be good field. He is aware of the Word, so he knows when the seed falls in good field, even if it is against his wishes, the life of this person changes and bears very good fruit. When God acts, who prevents? If your heart is good field, you will see everything you wish. You will have your life and family changed, thriving, healthy, united. Nothing and no one will be able to prevent because the word of God will bear good fruit Devil works to fulfill hearts with rage, anguish, resentment, makes people`s hearts a labyrinth for us to get lost into our hearts, not finding the exit, not getting to forgive, not portaltting, and projecting. He uses all the alternatives in order to prevent the seed of the Sower from flourishing and fructifying. Many or few, everyone will bear fruit. What frequently happens is that people portalt about keeping their hearts safe because they are not aware of the importance of they have. We have to understand that our heart, according to the Bible, is the center of our life, and our wishes. It`s our mind. It`s spiritual. I`m not talking about the organ of our body, but the emotional heart that brings forth everything in our lives. Everything we think and wish goes through our heart. This heart has to have good ground. It must be prepared, with no trunks, no grass to disturb the harvest. Good field is a pure heart. That`s the reason why men have to hoe this ground, in other words, examine themselves deep inside. No one gets into the Kingdom of God hand in hand. The Salvation is not done in family, but individually. You may fight to make your family be aware of the right path to follow, but you are not able to rescue anyone. When we are concerned about other people, we portalt about ourselves and we take the risk of Jesus leave and we stay. The fountain of our life is our heart. If our heart is a good field, God will provide you with everything you wish as well as bless all of them. You may face hard times, difficulties, but if your heart is good field, you will always succeed. It`s not enough to watch, you have to put the Word in practice to benefit from Its fruit. Yet, although you may not save yourself or someone else, everyone around you will benefit from your fruit. I don`t know you, but I know you are able to, after reading this message, be concerned about what God teaches you and receive a new field, good ground. You have just to wish it.