The Bible is essential for our walk as a Christ follower. It is our highest authority. It is more than a book. God can speak to us through the pages of scripture.
The Reformers knew this, and worked hard to get these pages into the hands of everyone. Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German so that common people could read God’s word for themselves.
If we are not reading God’s word outside of Sunday morning we are not letting God’s word do all that it can in our lives. If we are not reading God’s word we will be like one of the people from our scripture passage today.
14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” -Mark 4:14-20
Make some time everyday to open up the Bible and listen for God’s voice as you read from his word.
Read today entire passage here Mark 4:10-20
