Jesus often used parables or stories with a meaning in His teaching. As you read the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John you will see some of the same stories again..the miracles, events and parables. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you truth that will be used in your daily life.
The parable of the seeds lets us know that there are things that can keep us from applying God's Word to our life be it a word of salvation, healing, family, finances or whatever subject that the Holy Spirit is trying to deal with us about through His Word. Notice that Jesus first told the parable and then later He explained it to His disciples. When we are willing to listen to and ask the Lord about His word He will show us things that will work to improve our daily life. We learn in this parable that when we have to be careful about how we receive the Word given to us if we are to bear fruit or make it active and effective in our everyday life. The hard soil represents those that harden their hearts or don't seek to really understand and so the seed of the Word that Jesus plants in their life doesn't grow...instead the devil comes and takes it away like birds that come into the field of a farmer in the natural and eat seeds that are on top of the soil. The rocky soil represents those that hear the word and think it is wonderful, but when they don't grow roots in the gospel and so when trouble or obstacles come they run for the hills. The third kind of soil is thorny soil and that represents those who hear the Word and approve but then allow worries and the "lure of money" to crowd out what the Word says so they don't become fruitful. The last kind of soil is the good soil...thy truly hear and recieve the Word...they seek to understand, they stand firm even in the midst of trails and obestacles and they don't allow fears and anxiety or things keep them from walking in the light of the world. It is not wrong to have things, but you mustn't allow things to have you. Go ahead and read this and the other parables in the chapter. Wow, lots of good teaching.
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