Mark 4

We say we are Christians. We believe in God; we believe in Jesus Christ; we believe in the Holy Spirit; we listen and receive the Word of God. But are we rooted deep enough to bear good fruit?

After church on Sundays, what do you do?

Do you meet up with your friends and gossip? Or do you spend alone time with God, reflect, maybe sing praises to Him and later on tell the world how blessed you were to hear the Gospel? What we do after going to church matters more than whether or not we go to church at all.

“Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not be set on a candlestick (Mark 4:21)?” When we receive the Word of God, it is not for us to simply keep. It is for us to share. It is for us to be the candle light and let others see the light; more so, inspire them to be sources of light themselves.

So how do we spread the Word? We receive it, keep it, live it. Walk the talk. That’s how we bear good fruit.

Jesus said, “Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and to you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath (Mark 4:24-25)”.

I don’t want to live a life that’s far from the teachings of Jesus or not know it at all. That’s a miserable life. In this busy life, it is a challenge to find time to read the Bible, reflect and write about it. But I don’t want to be a seed that thrives “among thorns; such as hear the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word and it becometh unfruitful (Mark 4:19).” So I try to find time. The problem is that, sometimes, we forget what we’ve read which is why I think it’s best that we read and reread the Bible until we know it by heart and until we have shared it with others.