The gauge check

“But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.””

Mark 4: 8 (New King James version)

Every time before I leave from my parent’s place , the first thing my Dad does is check all the gauges in the car. Fuel ? Check , Coolant ? Check … Water for the wipers ? Check , Oil is clean ? Check , Tire pressures ? Check. My parents live two and a half hours away from where I stay in the city and work. So before I make the drive , my Dad makes sure the car is all ready to make the trip.

The parable of the sower is a parable most of us are o so familiar with . Here is a check we need to see against our own lives… Are we bearing fruit ?

As we read the parable from Mark 4: 1-9 we read that when the seed has fallen on good ground it yields crop … How much ? Thirty fold, sixty fold and some even a hundred fold !! That’s bearing fruit. We hear the word , understand it and bear fruit of it .

So here is the gauge check for today

-> Do we feel good only for a while when we hear the word of God and then does it all fizzle away ? We are on the wayside and have given Satan easy access to different aspects of our lives
-> Is our fruit bearing only as long as everything is convenient ? Do we fizzle off at the first sign of trouble ? Is our fruit bearing driven by circumstances ? We are on rocky ground and are not deeply rooted
->Do we find the cares of the world , the demands of the world choking us and preventing us from bearing fruit ? We are among thorns
-> Are we bearing fruit thirty fold, sixty fold and even a hundred fold ? We are on good ground , well rooted in His word


What is our gauge indicating today ? We cannot say we are on good ground and not bear fruit .

Lord work in us Father. May we be a fruit bearing generation for Your glory

God Bless