A Seed is Meant to Grow

"But Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear." This verse is just one of the ways that Jesus forces us to make a choice. In Matthew 13, Jesus tells a parable to a hodge-podge crowd and then tops it off with "He who has ears, let him hear."

Interesting choice of words Jesus... I mean doesn't everyone have ears?

The answer is NO. In Matthew 13 (the Parable of the Sower), a whole crowd of people has the truth staring them right there in the face, but most of them will not accept it. Jesus says "if they would only turn and see with their eyes, hear with their ears and understand with their hearts, I would heal them." The sad truth is that many won't turn; the good news is that some will.

Jesus calls his true disciples blessed because they get it. The whole crowd has the seed of Gospel right there ready to be sown. Some will reject it right off the bat, others will follow along until things start to heat up and still others will follow, but refuse to grow. But the true disciples will bear fruit and reap a harvest.

What I tried to point out this ski weekend was that a seed isn't meant to just stay a seed. A seed is meant to grow. An acorn that stays an acorn, will just get eaten by squirrels, but I'd like to see a squirrel try to eat an oak tree. The Gospel is the seed. When we are willing to let the Gospel change us, we grow. When we mature in faith, God can use us to bring others to Him. He can use us to build Ark's, part oceans, fight giants and move mountains.

The skiing was nice too...