GOOD SOIL
MATTHEW 13:23 “But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the Word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Everything we hear or listen to, every conversation or whatever we read, is seed. Some is good seed and will bear good fruit, but we must watch out for that which makes us bitter and negative. That is why JAMES 1:21 says. “Wherefore, renounce all filthiness and abundance of evil, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls.”
When I feed myself with the Word by reading the Bible, listening to good teachings, and having constructive conversations, this is when we receive good seed that will bear good fruit. But we must receive it with meekness, otherwise we become Pharisees. The characteristics of good fruit are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
We must focus on what the Word says and meditate on it constantly. This is when the promises of God will materialize in our lives. The fruit we bear is not to look good, but to bless others. Please read PHILIPPINES 4:8 And JOSHUA 1:8 Make sure that pure seed is constantly being sown in your life, meditate on it and pray constantly, it gives water to the seed.