And he said to them, do
you not understand this parable?
Again
and again we read in scripture that the disciples don’t get it. Even with “the secret of the kingdom of God,”
they don’t get it. We get it, why don’t they? They are right there with Jesus,
they see everything, they see the effect of what he does, and they don’t get
it.
Of
course, we have the luxury of two millennia of teaching and understanding on
our side. And, of course, we know of the Resurrection; we have a larger
picture.
Even
so, it doesn’t always help me to understand. In this parable, for example, am I
the word which has been sown? What kind
of soil am I? At times I have not been
rich and fertile. At times I have not heard the word at all. Or, maybe I am the
sower. If I counted the people to whom I spread the word it would not be a
large number. Though, when I look at my life and see the spiritual principles
that are part of it I know there have been impacts in the world.
What
does Jesus mean, “to bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold”? The Gospel has been shared with me my whole
life. Have I lived it to show that
Gospel teaching? Every time I hear and
understand the Good News my life has a chance and a reason to change. So, today in my prayer and meditation I will
seek to become more fertile ground, humbly praying that I might bear fruit
thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.
— Lawrence Elliott
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