Daily Word Of God
Matthew 13:18-23
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘So pay attention to the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the Evil One comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the seed sown on the edge of the path. The seed sown on patches of rock is someone who hears the word and welcomes it at once with joy. But such a person has no root deep down and does not last; should some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, at once he falls away.
‘The seed sown in thorns is someone who hears the word, but the worry of the world and the lure of riches choke the word and so it produces nothing. And the seed sown in rich soil is someone who hears the word and understands it; this is the one who yields a harvest and produces now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.’
Today's Pointers on God's Word
As you read the passage what words, phases or meanings caught your attention?
- Jesus’ Spirit comes into our lives in many different ways and through different persons and situations. He is always present to us in all the situations of our lives.
- However we need to develop a greater awareness of how Jesus’ Spirit that is calling us and challenging us in all the different situations of our daily living. We need to respond to Him with all our hearts.
- We need to develop a strong faith in Jesus and reap the many fold harvest through our words and actions of love, like the rich soil. If not, we too will wither and die like the seeds in thorny, dry and rocky soil.