One of the things that hit me this morning is how the business and agendas we have can drive God functionally out of our lives, and we end up doing the agenda of this world and not the gospel. It is not that our ground is rocky, but there are weeds there.
The news cycle is ephemeral, and keeps us distracted. Our work keeps us distracted.
1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. 2Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 7Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9Let anyone with ears listen!”
We need to slow down and deal with that which is important.