Come and See ‘09 Followup

Taking care of your spiritual life

18 03 2009

The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. Luke 8:14

Jesus tells us that it is important that we remain focused; he mentions three things which can ‘choke’ the Word of God in us and prevent it from bearing fruit. So we have to do some ‘good’ gardening especially in Lent to remove the thorns for our lives and take care of our spiritual life.

The three thorn bushes which need to be regularly uprooted are

Fretting about the things of this world which leaves us with no time to cultivate our relationship with God - Look up Matthew 6:26-34
The love of material riches and possessions which lead us to neglect our relationship with God and to make material things our idols - Look up 1 Tim 6:10
Living for momentary pleasures which leads us to using God’s gifts selfishly and as we want rather than as He created them to be used - Look up Galatians 5:19-23