“A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
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The sower and the seed parable. It’s a recommendation from Mr. God up in Heaven to be sure and use your god given talents wisely.
Use your gifts and talents wisely in this life, and you will see the benefits. Live like an idiot (me) and squander opportunity after opportunity, and your seeds (talents, gifts) will dry up and die.
Is that what it means to you?
There is an explanation given in the next few lines, something about receiving ‘the word’ but not being able to flourish with it because of no roots or being immersed too deeply in the illusions of the world like wealth and power.
I like to think it’s just a matter of fact statement about what life is like. Its like a crop you’d grow somewhere. Not all the seeds work out. But some do.
Tell me, did you really have much choice but to squander your opportunities? If you could go back and do it all again knowing what you know now, do you think you could have made it all work out?
I think I really didn’t have much of a chance but to end up like I did. Im one of the seeds that didn’t work out.
Now you’re making me think, my biblical memory is currently being purged. . . Yeah, it’s something about not squandering opportunities or wasting time, I forget.
Bible stories are a memory of a distant land, for me.
Would I change things if I was doing it over? One thing alone – I’d give myself some self esteem. That would probably fix up most everything.
There was a time when I could accept my squandered opportunities being someone else’s fault, but no longer. My shortcomings are mine to change, now, which is just another way of saying “ah hell, I did a lot of this to myself.”
Life is a parade of opportunities, some we respond to, some we dont. What else can you do?
From the little I remember of sermons, my interpretation of this was something like:
“If you don’t see the truth in the message of God, then the problem is with you. You are the poor soil in which the truth of God’s word cannot grow. So you cannot understand or appreciate his message. Shame. Now, all you worthwhile people who aren’t wastes of God’s time, listen up!”
But I ain’t no theologian. I’m sure you can interpret it however is convenient for your worldview.
That is the way I understand it too. I like your colloquial style.
Gimme some more o’ that alter wine and maybe I’ll better follow what you’re saying.
@1957 – Thanks!
@muspelhem – If you didn’t understand it the first time then there’s clearly no point wasting any more of the precious blood of our lord and saviour on you. Back of the line!
Good old altar wine. I’ll admit to buying a few bottles of it for my own self. Sweet as can be but headache prone past a few ounces.
Seems we’re reading from the Old Testament today…
Sigh…how can you expect to enjoy getting drunk on the bodily fluids of the physical manifestation of the creator of the universe when you don’t even know the difference between Testaments? No more wine for you! (throws cross)
Oh gosh mus. In the OT they had drink offerings where they just poured the good stuff on the ground. Painful visual. The NT fixed all that. Yum.
Word. If people need to discuss the LIEble,
the least they could do is offer up the Jesus juice and Christ crackers.