Read God’s Word. Hear It. Listen With Your Ear Buds On.

Matthew 13:23: “As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty and in another thirty.”

This verse is the last on the section where Jesus explains the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:18-23. He states that the last sower is a picture of a person sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and passionate about following in obedience what God’s Word states. This person seeks after God’s leading and will, and is prepared to receive knowledge from His Word and to give it out. Desiring to hear God’s voice and act on it is the description of the one who sowed on good soil – despite when some difficulty arrives.

The word hear in Matthew 13 is used nineteen times. Jesus was making a point on how important it is to listen to God. Hearing God’s Word, paying attention, putting it into practice, and using it in our lives is emphasized by Jesus in Matthew, Mark, and Luke:

• Matthew 13:23: Hear and understand.
• Mark 4:24: Pay attention to what you hear. Listen carefully.
• Luke 8:18: Take care then how you hear and share it with others. Don’t hide it.

The person who planted on good soil, in the parable, does not allow trials, burdens, setbacks, unexpected circumstances, and heartache, to control, contaminate, and dominate their life. How Satan works at trying to get us to sin by the trap of discouragement due to anxiety and worries. We have to fight back. We have to persevere and keep staying in the Word, holding it close to our heart, and praying God’s Word out loud to be an overcomer in Christ. Sometimes it takes an Eli in our life to speak apples of gold words that we so need to hear. It isn’t always easy, and trite and over simplistic cliches don’t cut it. Often feelings of rejection come into place that becomes our battle. It is said rejection is the hardest emotion of them all to handle in life. But that is another subject for another time.

God gave us two ears so our brain can tell from which direction the sound is coming from. The brain needs input from both ears to separate sounds efficiently. I want to listen carefully and have my ears primed to hear His voice back to me of confirmation from a verse He has chosen to speak to me in giving me answers. I want to be the one that then bears fruit and yields a hundredfold. Got my earbuds on. How about you?

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