What Type Of Ground Should We Be?

What kind of soil are we? Just in case you don't realize it, you are made from soil. We are told that God created us from the dust of the earth.
Genesis;2:7
(Then the Lord God formed man of the dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.)
So there we have it, we are made of dirt. What kind of dirt are we then? Are we rocky, full of weeds, thorns and good for nothing, or are we fertile soil just waiting for seed to be planted.? We are told in the Scriptures that seed was planted on the different types of soil and the outcome of that planting.

Jesus was telling this parable in the book of Matthew to the people who had gathered to hear Him teach.
Matthew;13:3-9
(Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying; "Behold , a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some seed fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because the had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!")

So we see that the Word of God is sown by the believers when we tell unbelievers about Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God. We are instructed by Jesus to spread the Word of God to all nations. By doing this, we are planting seed or planting the word in peoples lives. Now what happens after we plant it depends on what type of soil they are at that time in their lives. The disciples came to Jesus to have Him explain what He was talking about in this parable of the sower and the seed.

[The Wayside Soil]
Matthew;13:19
(When anyone hears the word of the kingdom,and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.)
The seed sown here is the Word of God, here it is used as the word of the kingdom. The message never penetrates their understanding, so it disappears and doesn't take hold leading to repentance and then salvation.

[Stony Places]
Matthew;13:20-21
(But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.)
Here we have the picture of a lot of people who want all of the joy from the word, but don't want to have any trials because of their belief. When trials come along, they step out of the way and abandon Christ.
1John;2:19
(They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.)


[Among Thorns]
Mathew;13:22
(Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choked the word, and he becomes unfruitful.)
What was important to this person was the love of money and what the world had to offer.
James;4:4
(You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.)
1John;2:15-17
(Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.)
God tells us that He is who we need to have first in our life. We need to love Him more than what the world has to offer.

[Good Ground]
Matthew;13:23
(But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.)
When the seed is sown in good soil it will grow and bear much fruit. Not all fruit bearing Christians bear the same amount of fruit, it is just that they will bear fruit. Some hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Matthew;7:16-18
("You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? "So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. "A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.)
John;15:8
("My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples)

So what type of ground should we be? God knows our heart and what type of soil we are. Let's be soil that will produce much fruit for the Kingdom. How are we going to be able to do this? First we must love God and obey Him, then we need to study the Word so that we can plant seed. You can't plant the seed, if you don't know the seed. A farmer doesn't go out to plant and grab a bag of seed without looking at what type of seed it is. Neither can we plant seed if we don't know what we are talking about. We need to learn about the seed and we do this by studying the Word.
Our job is to plant the seed, and to water the seed. God will cause it to grow and produce fruit.

God Bless You!