ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.

Thursday February 13th, 2025.

Topic :Create The Right Atmosphere.

Memory Verse:‭Luke 8:8. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

Bible Reading : ‭‭Luke 8:5-7 NIV‬. Key Verse : v8.

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.

The parable of the sower and the seed is a very important one because it addresses the response of men to the word of God we hear daily. It speaks about the condition of men who care to listen to God and his messengers as sent here on earth. Of course the earth is the field of the Lord as Jesus tried to explain to his disciples who came to him privately for deeper insight. On several occasions, Jesus referred to the earth as a field of harvest, ministers as labourers or workers while the word of God is seen in this context as a seed sown in the hearts of men. “As he saw the crowds, his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were worried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. So he said to his disciples, “The harvest is large, but there are few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest.”” Matthew 9:36-38.

‭”“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.” Luke 8:11-15.

Today we can say that this three categories of individuals are in our churches. The wayside people if I should add to what Jesus said are very careless believers that approach God and things of the Spirit as not important since it may not give them physical cash to pay immediate bills. Because they don’t value things of the Spirit, the enemy keeps stealing from them. On the stony people, their minds are made up on what they believe or want to believe. They are not open to whole truth or moves of the Spirit of God in their lives and situations which makes it difficult for God to have his way in their lives and situations. Looking at the thorny ground, they are people who love the world so much that they can’t really surrender to the master. Their love for material things has overtaken them to a point that they can do anything to have or retain what the eyes of men can see. Now, we can see in all these that the problem is not with anybody else but the individual who receives the word. Our heart condition or the atmosphere we create for the Spirit and word of God intentionally, determines what the Lord is able to do in our lives. The word prospered on the good soil not by mistake, but because a conducive atmosphere was created by the person involved.

Prayer :Thank you Father God for sending me your word to transform me and meet me at the point of my need always. Let my heart and life be a fertile ground where your word will always prosper in Jesus wonderful name….. Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : Exodus 18:1-27.

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