Roots that run deep

Roots that run deep

S Luke 8

Parable of the Sower

4 When a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable: 5 “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. 6 Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. 8 Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

9 His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant. 10 And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

11 “Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. 12 Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

O - my observation of this parable has been changing over time. In my last season I was focused on if I was the person who was the rocky soil or the person who receive God's word and the thorns choke it out. In this new season I am excited and encouraged to know that God's word was planted in good soil in my heart and that I understand now that once it is in good soil the roots run deep even when the topsoil seems dry. And like the tumbleweed Who is able to survive the desert seasons the route that has gone deep is sufficient to keep you surviving even through the driest of seasons.

A- most of today's devotion is application for me ,  it's the running deeper of the meaning of the parable of the sower of seeds.  I have began to discover that my fear through the season Of dryness was that I would be like The seed planted in Rocky soil or the seed choked out by the worries of this world. Instead I now stand on faith that God's truth is revealed in my life in that as I passed through that desert season my roots are deep enough to keep me connected to him the source of my salvation and connection to the living water through Christ. The application for me is really to recognize that I can with Christ in me go through the seasons ahead and I can walk more confidently even in  dry seasons because the Lord is with me.

P-dear heavenly father thank you for today's devotion may it be sealed to my heart. I pray Lord that you would just continue to reveal you're living water that it is running through me and that you would run your roots of your word deep inside of me so that I may handle any season that you have planned for in front of me in that so the world may not overcome me and my family. I pray all this in Jesus Christ name amen.