Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening to everyone, depending on where you are currently and the time of receiving this content. # is always privileged to listen to the man of God, who is no other person than our own brother, Eli. It's such a blessing, trust me. He is full of divine wisdom. Thankfully, I have had the grace to join almost all the meetings with Brother Eli, and this particular one has to do with Day 12. This time around, Brother Eli spoke on the parable of the sower. This topic has to do with a farmer who went out into a field to sow seeds.
Matthew 13:18-23 (New International Version):
"18 'Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
21 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.
22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.'"
From this parable, the Bible made us understand that there was a farmer who decided to go about sowing seeds. The seeds here represent the word of God. Some fell on stony ground, which represents people with very difficult hearts. The word cannot even reach them for them to listen. Their hearts are so hardened that nothing you say can enter for them to be doers.
Some also fell by the wayside, which represents hearts that listen to the word, but Satan and his demons can easily come and erase whatever they have taken in. They are listeners, but they easily forget and throw it away. The word of God passes through one end of the ear and comes out of the other.
There are also those that fell among thorny grounds. These are hearts full of many vices, desires, and ambitions.
The good ground, which is the fourth heart, is one that is welcoming of God's message and is not just listeners but doers of the word. The Bible says they produce in batches, some in 60 folds, 100 folds, and 30 folds.
It is always good to examine ourselves to know where we belong. Either we belong to the thorny heart, where all the words are being choked with ambitions and vices; the wayside, where Satan and his angles come to take it away; the stony, where the word does not even enter; or the good grounds, which are welcoming of the gospel and do what it says.
The good news is that God can change any of our hearts for the better. There is a chance for everyone with any of the hearts above. God has the power to transform any of these hearts that do not welcome Him to be saved. He will replace it with a totally new one. God is the creator of the universe, and there is nothing impossible for Him. If doctors and scientists are able to do blood transplants, then how much more the heavenly Father, the creator of everything?
Everything is possible with Him, and there is nothing that He cannot do. So it is possible, provided you avail yourself. Brother Eli used himself as an example; he said he was a scholar throughout his years of schooling. That is from elementary to high school. His teachers advised him in so many fields that they thought he should venture, knowing how good he was academically. Some say he should study law; others say he should take the field of mathematics and a whole lot more. He himself was full of ambition because, at a very tender age, he had a very big restaurant, and not long after that, he bought himself a car.
This should tell you how ambitious he was and how great the dream was for him, but God being so good, he gave up all these ambitions and decided to serve the Lord the very moment he heard the doctrines of the Lord. The mercies of the Lord spoke for him, and he became a changed man. He is now a great man of God. If God changes him, then he can equally change anyone else. He can repair every type of heart. All you have to do is avail yourself.
Thank You
Scripture reference
Genesis 1.2, Psalms 104,30, 1 Corinthians 6:9.