Devotional for April 6

For God Alone My Soul Waits in Silence 

5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. Psalm 62:5-12 (KJV)

The Morning Exhortation

Brucie, Brucie, Brucie, how does your garden grow? With a heart full of love for the Lord (1 John 4:19), with a mind set on faith in God (Mark 11:22-24), with honest sweat on the brow (Proverbs 20:4), with prayer on knees bent low (Ephesians 3:14-19), with hands fixed on the plow (2 Thessalonians 3:10), and with eyes on the heavenly prize (Matthew 6:19-21). Praying in the name of Jesus because He told us to do so (John 16:20-24). There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain (Luke 4:18-19). We pray in His name out of obedience to our Lord and not in as a punctuation mark or magic invocation Matthew 6:7; 1 Samuel 15:22-24).  Knowledge of the truth is required to grow up in our salvation (1 Peter 2:2; Romans 10:13-15; James 1:21).

Question

How do we become the good ground? (see Matthew 13:1-9)

Answer

We become the good ground by seeing, hearing, and understanding (Matthew 13:10-15). Seeing is the gaze of the soul obtained by believing the witness of God and the testimonies of the saints recorded in the Holy Bible (Isaiah 53:1; Matthew 13: 16-17). Hearing is listening for the voice of God with the intention to fully obey His word (Psalm 50:16-23). Understanding is to depart from all evil (Proverbs 22:17-21; Job 28:27-28). Hear then the meaning of the parable about the sowing of the Word of God (Matthew 13:18-23).

The Prayer Appointed for This Week

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give me this bread, that he may live in me, and I in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. from the Book of Common Prayer