Sun.’s Devo - The Soil

Read: Leviticus 7:28-9:6; Mark 3:31-4:25; Psalm 37:12-29; Proverbs 10:5
The priest were dressed in their priestly garments and told to stay at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and do what the Lord required of them or they would die. I’ve explained before that the seven days represent the span of our lives and the span of history. We are in God’s
“week”. According the the Hebrew we are in the year 5777 making us in the fifth day. On the fifth day of creation God created things that move on the earth. Since they came out of the water, it is showing how things move in the spirit. That is what we are learning to do during this millennium. We are learning to move in the spirit. So the lesson we learn from the priest is that we are to dwell in God’s presence day and night learning to do what God requires of us.
In Mark, Jesus mother and brothers came where Jesus was to talk to him. Yesterday we read that Jesus’ family came to take charge of him because they thought he was out of his mind. So, today, we see that happening. Jesus addressed the crowd and asked them who was his mother and brothers. He told them that anyone who does the will of God was his family. He was saying that anyone could have an audience with him if they accepted him for who he was. Then he taught them the most important parables that all the others hung on. If they didn’t understand this one, they wouldn’t understand the other parables.
The parable of the seed and the sower has to do with the soil. The soil determined what happened to the seed. The seed was the Word of truth, the Word of God. It could only grow in soil that was deep and rich. The soil is our heart. Our heart determines everything.
Lord, help us to carefully consider what we hear. May our hearts be soft and pliable to your Word and your Spirit. Speak to us today and give us grace to live an abundant life.