Fri.’s Devo - The Seed of the Word

Read Deut. 9:1-10:22, Luke 8:4-21, Ps. 69:19-36, Pr. 12:2-3 God made it very clear that He wasn’t giving them this land because of their righteousness for they were very stubborn and rebellious. He was giving them the land because the occupants were so evil. God promised to be a consuming fire to their enemies and destroy and drive them out. Then Moses reminds them of the sin they with the golden calf and how he interceded for them with God and had their lives spared. All God required of them was to fear Him, walk in His ways, to love and serve Him with all their hearts, and to keep the commandments. Lastly He told them to circumcise their heart and stop being stubborn. God shares his love for justice and how he took a family of 40 and made it into a mighty multitude. Jesus gives the parable about the seed. He is talking about the Word of God being spread and what kinds of hearts can hold the seed and produce fruit. Abraham’s seed was the promise of God in the Old Testament like the Word of God was the seed in the New. Abraham’s seed was spread all over the earth and has produced all kinds of seed - some good and some bad. We owe most of our great discoveries to Jewish men and women. They were the living promises of God. The difference between them and the Word is that they were sinners and subject to failure. The Word of God is perfect and never fails. The Word accomplishes what it is set out to do and it is powerful, never losing power. Psalms 19 is a great ode to the Word. Lord, help us to spread your Word like seed wherever we go.