PLANTED IN THE PERFECT PLACE

In the last verse of the parable of the sower we read, “As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” Matthew 13:23 (ESV). My mother had such a green thumb, but I am not much of a gardener. I do however know a little about roots and soil. Deep, extensive roots provide water, nutrition and stability; bad soil produces weak plants. Rocky, dry soil or dirt with little nutrition is no place for abundant growth. There are many lessons here, not the least of which is the importance of being planted in the right place. For Abraham, that meant a huge act of faith and obedience. He was commanded to abandon the soil with which he was familiar and to obediently travel to a distant land yet unknown to him. Father deliver me from wasted efforts in fallow ground and continually guide me to fertile soil, no matter the distance or how difficult the journey.