Deeper Life #230

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

—Matthew 13:9

IN THE PARABLE OF THE sower, Jesus said there were spiriually shallow people in every place where His Word is known; and every worker of God will find this is a fact. I am not referring to natural stupidity. God will not hold people accountable for that. I am referring to spiritual stupidity, the very kind that David meant when he said, “I was a brute before God.”

Soil in a pathway across a field is no doubt as good as any other soil, but it has been crushed down and become hard and compact. The only way to make it become fruitful is to break it up with a plow. If we do not watch and pray, we will let the cares of this life and the lust of other things harden our hearts until we will be in no condition, after a time, to hear what God says. This is exactly the condition that Jesus predicted for this present generation.

Prayer Thought: Father, as I watch and pray, keep my conscience tender, my heart pure, and my whole life spiritually productive.

SUGGESTED READING: Matthew 13:7–9