Giving up.

Why is it some people can go through the toughest trial or tribulation and not throw in the towel, others the wind blows and their roots are pulled up? We all know the parable of the sower and the seed. Take a look at this. Luke 8:

5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

Verse 5 indicates some simply never gets there. A friend of mind calls them "Christ rejectors" and at first I thought that was harsh until I realized we, in the country of USA have probably heard the Gospel at least once. And many rejected it.

Verse 6 says the seed sat on rocky ground and no moisture(NO WORD OF GOD WAS POURED ON IT!!!) Gone. Finished.

And then there is the group that lets the COWS(cares of the world) get to them. They let every frustration choke the Word out of their heart. Many Christians fall in the last two positions.

It's good to know there is one other place you can be...

8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

So who are you? If you are on this list, it is unlikely you are in the first group. (No Born again, washed in the blood Christian could be there!) How about the second?

Has your time with the Lord been lacking, no time in the Word(moisture), times getting dry? Read it! Wither away!!! Die with no fruit, no nothing(yes mom-good English!).

How about class 3? COWS trampling your field? The Lord says,"take no worry or care for anything!" It is time to hoe out, be pruned and get rid of the excess baggage. What is excess? Whatever the Lord shows you through the Word and His time with you. Mistresses are "cares"...the things that keep you from the Lord and time with Him

Or are you the person that bears fruit a hundredfold? Does what you sow reap 100 times? A year ago when I asked my wife that question, she actually told me she knew someone!!! Whatever he sows, she feels he reaps 100 fold.

So I looked at his ministry, his life, everything. He walks in a Biblical manner, following the Lord wherever He may go.

That walk is available to you and I!!! How do I know?

"And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Church. Have you heard? Jesus is here! He's alive! He's coming back! If you have more dust on your Bible than on the floor, you are preparing to wither and die. If you feel depressed and discouraged it's time to kick the COWS outta the field! Time to let God prune(oh it hurts so good!) and shape you to a tree that produces. Nor fruit? Why not? Dig for the answer. Be a farmer of the Word.