Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sown among thorns...

I don't know about you but the world really has its fingers in me. I absolutely must have my time to play games, go off-roading/geo-caching, etc. I strive for the latest software or hardware technology, at least to what I can afford. I enjoy my hobbies.

Now, there is nothing wrong with those things, but are they what is most important? Are they what I should focus on?

When the commonly reviled Jehovahs Witnesses come to my door I don't say "not now," or "thanks but no thanks," because I see in them a willingness to do the Lord's work that I often lack. Instead I talk with them for awhile, offer them drinks, etc. There are a few who are regulars now that come by to talk and we enjoy our talks. Sometimes they leave me with research to do, sometimes I leave them with some research. It's nice.

But they always remind me how wrong my life is and how unwilling I am to adjust and adapt to what the Lord has in store for me.

From Mark 4 (NET Bible - Parable of the Sower explanation):

4:18 Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word, 4:19 but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.