10/13 Daily Reading & Comments By Dr. Daves

13-Oct Jeremiah 25-26, Mark 3-4, Psalms 76-80, Proverbs 13

Jesus spoke in parables to the masses so that many of them would not understand what He was saying. Their hearts were wrong. This was incredible because He could get his message across to those who had the Spirit and to those who had ears to hear while speaking to the entire crowd. Here is one example.

Mark 4: 1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times.”
9 Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Jesus then spoke privately to His disciples telling them that the secrets of the Kingdom are given to them, but not to the crowds. Why? They had left all to follow Him. They were givers. They were serving Him. They were hungry and thirsty for the kingdom of God and they believed in Jesus enough to drop their nets, their jobs, and former lives to follow Him. This set them in a position to hear, perceive and understand the Kingdom of God and the messages that Jesus was speaking.

Mark 1:13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 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—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.”

The ground is the people. There are four types of people. Path people, rocky people, thorny and weedy people, and good people. The first three are unkempt. They are unworked. They are unprepared for the Word. But the fourth type of person is good ground. As a farmer, I can attest to this truth. Soil must be worked, overseen, cleaned and prepared. If you are mono-cropping, the rocks must be removed, the weeds must be dealt with, and there must not be any walking paths on the ground that you're trying to grow something on. It must be set apart, holy, prepared, fertilized, and ready. If you are using a permaculture style of growing, the land must be protected. It must have multiple types of plants in place to assist the ground, grow the ground, and prepare the ground for multiplication. The micro biotics and the sub-terrain must be active and healthy. The ground must be well managed so that it can accommodate the seed that will be sown.

Is your life in category #4? Are you prepared to receive the Word of God so that you can embrace it and produce 30, 60, or 100 times more than you were before receiving the Word? Think hard and long about this. Because only one type of person can multiply the Kingdom of God. The others will be fruitless and worthless to the farmer and the seed that was sown.

Compass Guide helps you prepare your ground for amazing multiplication and results. It's literally the ground prep that's needed to make you person #4. The Compass Guide system puts you in a position to embrace and receive the Word of God for your life, and to multiply it in the earth. Imagine producing 30, 60, or 100 times anything you ever thought you could be in life. This is the blessing of person #4. Dig in and manage your life. It will produce the crop that you are dreaming of.

Tomorrow's Reading:
14-Oct Jeremiah 27-28, Mark 5-6, Psalms 81-85, Proverbs 14