Rooted

Job 20; Mark 3-4

“’Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time…What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants…’”

Mark 4:16, 17, 30-32

The scattering of gospel seed requires germination and rooting for that seed to grow into a plant. Faith is the germination miracle that transforms hearts. The process of rooting requires humility, the hidden work of surrender, and death to self. Unless a seed dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, germination occurs, roots develop, and the plant grows to produce many seeds.

Have we been planted, or is faith still a dormant seed in the soil of our heart?

“Lord Jesus, I surrender all for the sake of your kingdom; I pray for your increase, for your glory.”