Effortless Change: The Word Is the Seed That Can Change Your Life by Andrew Wommack

Author:Andrew Wommack
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Change (Psychology), Christian Life, General, Religion, Spiritual Life, Self-Actualization (Psychology), Personal Growth, Christian Theology
ISBN: 9781606831861
Publisher: Harrison House
Published: 2010-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The Seed

Jesus interpreted the parable of the sower for His disciples, saying:

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Mark 4:14-20

Jesus was talking about a man who took seed and started throwing it everywhere. (That's the way they sowed seed in those days.) As he threw this seed, it landed on four different types of ground. He continued talking about how these four different types of ground responded, whether they allowed this seed to germinate or not. That's what the parable is about.

SIMPLE

The real purpose of this parable isn't to teach you how to sow seed or be a farmer. Jesus simply took something natural that we could relate to and used it to illustrate a spiritual truth. Mark 4:14 is the key to this entire parable:

The sower soweth the word.

Luke 8:11 communicates it this way:

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

The seed being sown is the Word of God. So this whole parable isn't really about how to be a farmer and get a crop. This parable is about how the kingdom of God works, and it works off of the Word of God.

People are always looking for something deeper and more complex, but this is so simple that you're going to have to have somebody help you to misunderstand it. The whole kingdom of God—the Christian life, your victory, your success as a believer—is as simple as taking the Word of God and sowing it in your heart. If you will just cooperate and let the Word of God germinate, you will change effortlessly.

DISAPPOINTED AND SURPRISED

There are very specific reasons why Jesus chose to use a seed to illustrate the way the Word of God works. That's because there is a great comparison between the way a physical seed operates in the natural realm and the way God's Word works in our life.

In the natural realm, we'd call anyone "crazy" who expects a garden to grow without tilling the ground, planting the seeds, or watering the seeds. If you didn't do any of these necessary things to grow a garden, you wouldn't be surprised when a garden doesn't grow up your life.

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