September 16, 2011 God's Good Soil

God’s Good Soil
Read Luke 8 - 9

Luke 8:15 “But the good soil represents honest, good-hearted people. They listen to God's words and cling to them and steadily spread them to others who also soon believe.”

GOOD SOIL is so very important. We are blessed in America to have thousands and thousands of acres that are good soil. This good soil gives us an abundant harvest annually. The good soil gives us a reliable food source. Living in the United States, we can trust that we will always have enough to eat because the soil is good.
Jesus uses the good soil image because good soil managed properly is the foundation of wealth for a country. Good Soil in the Kingdom of God is the foundation for a rich life in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Good soil that grows crops is filled with organisms and nutrients that make it fertile. Good Soil in the Kingdom of God is filled with God’s fertile Word to grow faith, hope and love to enrich our lives.
Good soil is deep and can’t be easily washed away. God’s Good Soil is deep and cannot ever be removed. When we sink our soul’s roots into it, we can trust the Good Soil of God’s Word to anchor us in the winds of change and trouble. We are anchored in the Good Soil when heartache comes and uncertainty disturbs our hearts.
Plant the seeds of trust in God’s Good Soil. When others see God’s Good Soil in you, they will desire to be planted in Good Soil, too.


Pause and Consider: how you can be good soil to help someone grow more deeply into Jesus.