#Day2 Kingdom Series WHAT SOIL HAVE YOU BECOME? “The one who received the seed on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.” — Matthew 13:23 (LSG) In Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23, Jesus gives and explains a parable. The sower sows the seed (the Word of God), good, pure, and without blemish. But the response varies entirely according to the soil. The issue is not the quality of the seed, but the heart. The seed falls on all types of soil. But the most common danger is not outright opposition to God. It is the heart that gradually becomes burdened. Good soil, however, does not only receive the seed, it understands it. This word, in the Greek text, denotes a true, active understanding, an assimilation that engages one's entire life. What a word from God! Have you recently received a message from a sermon, a reading, or a time of prayer? Have you taken the time to meditate on it, write it down, and apply it? Today, revisit that message. Give it depth. Is there anything in your life that is currently stifling the Word God has given you? It shouldn't be that way. Return to the Word in all its depth and let it enter you. May the Lord till the soil of our hearts. Where it is hardened by routine or habit, may the Lord soften it. Where it lacks depth, may He deepen it. Where it is overrun with secondary concerns, may He clear them away. Let us be good soil, not for our own glory, but so that the Word of God may produce in us all that He has planned for us to possess the kingdom of heaven. #TheKingdom🙏🏼 #SpiritAndLife🔥