of that conversation, you wind up
getting the business opportunity of
your dreams.
As believers, we should live every
day with the ears of our heart tuned
to God, listening to Him about
even seemingly insignificant things,
because we don't know what blessings
may be waiting for us at the other end
of our obedience.
Watch Out for
Those Thorns
e third group in Jesus' parable
about the sower received the Word
and held on to it, but then something
else happened. The thorns, which
represent "the care of this world, and
the deceitfulness of riches" choked
the Word so that it yielded no fruit
(verse 22).
I think this is where most Spirit-filled
Christians get off track. ey have so
many things to do; they face so many
demands at home, at work and even at
church, that they let those things choke
out their time in the Word. They let
earthly worries and concerns suffocate
their heavenly vision.
Don't let that happen to you.
Contend for your time with God.
Weed out the things in your life that
are hindering your fellowship with
Him. Put Him and His Word first
in your schedule every day. e more
attention you give to God, the more
He can do in your life. e more you
focus on Him and His Word, the
more deeply rooted the vision He has
for you will be in your heart.
Your heart is good soil for that
divine vision. It knows what to do
with God's Word and how to process
it. If you put the Word in your heart
and keep it there, watering it and
taking care of it, eventually you'll see
your harvest—"first the blade, then
the ear, then the full grain in the ear"
(Mark 4:28, AMP).
You'll become one of those receivers
God spoke to me about during the
Super Bowl that day. You'll catch
God's vision and run with it...all the
way across the goal line of life.