I’ve been going through the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan over the last week or so. I've had the book for a while now but for some reason put it down and didn’t pick it back up. Well, I’ve picked it back up, and the Spirit’s been speaking through Mr. Chan.
He uses the parable of the farmer, the seeds, and the soil to make a point about our lives. Read Luke 8:1-15. It’s clear that there’s different kinds of people who claim to follow Christ. There’s those that ignore the truth and are never saved as well as those who receive the News and reproduce a crop through perseverance.
It’s the other two seeds that I want to mention. Those who believe for awhile and fall away and those who believe but are choked out by life’s worries. The challenge Francis gives us is that we can’t assume we’re good soil all the time, and I have to admit, I’m not,
I worry too much about what’s going to happen next. I let things like stuff ruin me. I’m prideful and think of myself better than others. I don’t love like I should. Yet God’s grace covers me. He loves me. He died for me… and all I can bring Him is my anger, jealousy, and hate to offer?
I’m a wretched sinner, undeserving of the penalty of my selfishness, but God’s grace is better, His mercy is better, His life is better. Let me rely on Him alone and give up myself for the gift He’s freely given.
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