"And other seed fell among the good soil..."

From the Parable of the Sower LK 8:4-21 (read first)

PART 1
"The sower went out to sow his seed..." God is a farmer... yes it's true, with the intent of reaping a harvest. He is sowing seed into our lives to reap a harvest from our lives. That harvest is happening and is going to happen. Right now He is sowing his seed. He is speaking His words to us, to our hearts, to all those who have ears to hear. We are to be the ones who have ears to hear. His desire is that we would be the ones with good soil for his words to be planted in. Through this planting of His words we are to grow up into the things of God and His kingdom. God wants to multiply the harvest in us and around us. Having relationship with Him, the Word of God, allows this to happen.

"And other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.." "..He who has ears to hear, let him hear." "...To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables.."

We are the soil that the "other seed fell INTO." God is speaking to us and sharing with us His perspective. Those words are speaking of things happening now and they are speaking of things yet to unfold. In our circumstances they are words of promise, speaking to us of unseen things yet to manifest and be revealed. They exist in God, in Heaven already, but they are yet to be released here on earth. That happens through our faith as we listen. What we hear impregnates us with promise. The words God speaks are to form in us an "... an honest and good heart..." Our faith releases the growth God is giving to us. With our "honest and good heart" "..(we) hold it fast and bear fruit with perseverance..." so that we see those "words" produce what God said they would.

Our growth is connected to believing in those living seeds(words). They will take root in us, allowing the new shoots of life to reach up and come forth out of hidden places into the light, so that a harvest, a harvest of fruitfulness, can happen. God is creating something out of nothing. He sees the plant and/or tree in the seed. He sees the fruit buried in the earth. He sees the light in the darkness. He sees the harvest in the bag of seeds. He sees what is hidden in us and knows exactly what is needed to bring it to fruition. He is patient. He is not slow. He is speaking in the language of agriculture for a reason. He knows what is necessary to produce a harvest. You have to wait like a farmer does. First things first and that first thing is to sow the seed (Word). Such a small thing at first. You don't see evidence of anything when the seed is sown in a field. All you see is dirt. That's all that is visible. You can stand at the edge of the field and look down the rows and see no evidence of life. But underground, underneath the view of the naked eye, something is beginning to happen. Life is breaking forth as the husk of the seeds are broken. Within us it's the same. You see nothing at first. It's all buried in our hearts. The words of God are pushed into the good soil of our hearts into what God calls our, "honest and good heart." And then with patience and perseverance we begin to see the words of God manifest. And the fields begin to grow upward towards the harvest they are meant to give.

"Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, in order that those who come in may see the light." For nothing is hidden that shall not become evident, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. THEREFORE (emphasis added) take care how you listen..."

The things God is speaking prophetically to us in our hearts, in the hidden place of our prayer closet, so to speak, will become evident, will be made known. God is speaking prophetically in secret with the intent of revealing what He has spoken to us in secret. Why? "... in order that those who come in may see the light." That light reveals His nature, it's His glory. God is going to be glorified through our circumstances. So He lets us in on His secrets so we know what's going to happen, what we need to do and how we need to handle ourselves. There's more to it than that of course, but the idea is, God is into revealing Himself to people. He wants to take hold of our lives and our circumstances, put His seed (Word), His prophetic revelation into our hearts so as develop in us faith, friendship, relationship, loving partnership in the unfolding of His Kingdom on the earth. To us that is happiness, that is joy and laughter. It is apart of what we rejoice about. This is what produces gladness of heart and fullness of joy. This is to us eternal life, Kingdom life. For what He has sown and sows into us prophetically is of utmost importance. This is what becomes evident and is made known to "those that come in". There is a revelation of God, a revealing of who God really is through the fields of our life and circumstances, especially through the impossibilities of our situations that really gives to God what He's looking for. We are to be burning lamps of the Glory of God so that those who come in, whoever they may be, will see the light. The seeds that we are given are light. They are to illuminate the world once they come to full maturity, to the full maturity of love, knowing who God is, knowing who we are.