GOD IS THE MASTER FARMER

 

GOD IS THE MASTER FARMER

As servants of God-

As servants of Christ-

As their apostles and disciples

In the 20^th and 21^st century

It falls upon us

To SPREAD the word of God

We don't know

Who will be receiving that word

If anybody

And who will not

God is the MASTER FARMER

“A sower went out to sow” Mark 4:3

Today's reading Mark 4:1-20

Is about the parable

Of the sower

A reading that almost ALL 20^th and

21^st Christians know

The truth is

That when a farmer farms

NOT all of his efforts

PRODUCE good crops

And the truth is too

WHEN we spread the word of God

Not all of our efforts

Produce fruit-in other words-

REACH people who are receptive

To the word of God

“The fruit of the righteous

Is a tree of life

And the one who is wise

SAVES LIVES” Proverbs 11:30

“Likewise

Every good fruit

Bears good fruit

But a bad fruit

Bears bad fruit

A good tree

Cannot bear bad fruit

And a bad tree

Cannot bear good fruit

EVERY tree

That does not bear good fruit

Is cut down

And thrown into the fire

Thus by their fruit

You will RECOGNIZE THEM” Matthew 7:17-18

God is the master farmer

It is ONLY GOD

Who can make the WORD OF GOD

Grow inside someone

It is God who determines

Who the good fruit are

When we put

The word of God out

Some falls on rich soil

And grows

Some fall on the path

And are rejected

Some words

Fall on rocky ground

And are uprooted by the people

With selfish values

And other words

Fall among the thorns

That injustice chokes off

But the words

That fall on good ground

LASTS FOREVER in those individuals

And in the world

“Heaven and earth will pass away

But my words

Will never pass away” Luke 21:33

God's words-Jesus' words-

LIVE IN ME

God-the DIVINE-the MASTER FARMER-LIVES ON in me

Robert P. Wallman

1-26-16

INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.

Ps 1-26-27-2021