Mark 4

Mark 4
I can’t imagine what it was like to hear Jesus speak and to sit at his feet and hear him teach. He is the good Shepard, the Bridegroom. He is a perfect teacher of the truth. I understand why so many fallowed him and yet I do not get how the Scribes and Pharoses could not see him for who he was. I should say I didn’t understand, this parable tells why some hear the truth but simply don’t receive it. I see this as a warning to us to continue to preach the truth, to share with those I have already shared with as a fallow up, a precaution. What if the Devil had snatched it away, or what if the trials of this world have overtaken them? We see here that there are so many ways that the word of God can be handled and yet only one way it can be useful to our lives, only by receiving it and nourishing it with good soil! That meant we need to be feeding our souls every day! Be in constant prayer, reading God’s word, sharpening our selves with other believers in fellowship. I also just thought isn’t it neat to see that God, even though the ground is rocky he still let seeds fall there, He truly wants all to come to the knowledge of him and his love.
In verses 21-23 we see Jesus giving us direction, the Gospel is a candle we are not to hide it but set it out so that the darkness will no longer be. We are to let it shine for all to see it!
We have a responsibility. In verses 24&25 show that we will be given a measure. He has great things for us in Heaven!
The Mustard seed! What a great story! At our church we are teaching the little kids the song “faith as small as a mustard seed” different story I know but it is so true! The mustard seed is so small you can’t even see it if your not looking for it. Yet with God all things are possible! Even a mustard seed can grow into a tree that produces fruit and becomes a home for the birds. It is only an herb yet it grows branches and becomes strong. God’s Kingdom is a marvelous place! I can’t beguine to imagine. It is going to be just as he has planed it. And it will not be tainted with sin and well since we can think outside of sin I can imagine what it will be like except awesome.
Now to a powerful scene! PEACE, BE STILL. Wow! This is truly God in the form of a man. Only His words will be obeyed. These poor men, they really don’t get it. I think I am the same. I know he is powerful and I know he is God but when the heat is on I doubt, my actions sometimes contradict my faith. I am so glad that my salvation is not biased on me but on the faithfulness of Jesus and on his power not mine.
I am sorry this is late I had no internet! God Bless you as you walk in his goodness.