你撒的是否好種?
馬太福音十三章1至8節
1當那一天,耶穌從房子裡出來,坐在海邊。
2有許多人到他那裡聚集,他只得上船坐下,眾人都站在岸上。
3他用比喻對他們講許多道理,說:“有一個撒種的出去撒種。
4撒的時候,有落在路旁的,飛鳥來吃盡了;
5有落在土淺石頭地上的,土既不深,發苗最快,
6日頭出來一曬,因為沒有根,就枯乾了;
7有落在荊棘裡的,荊棘長起來,把它擠住了;
8又有落在好土裡的,就結實,有一百倍的,有六十倍的,有三十倍的。
信息分享
神的道頗具吸引力,可以藉著許多方式撒播。我們可以口傳與人分享;可以派發福音單張或贈閱聖經;也可以用詩歌或生活見證。神應許祝福祂的道;詩人在詩篇稱它為「寶貴的種子」。
神的種子今天如何撒在我們心中呢?也許是你的父母、朋友、主日學老師、牧者、一份福音單張、一首詩歌或一本書,將神的道播種在你的心裡。別人可能已多次向我們撒種,但我們一直沒有回應,直至某天,又有人給我們撒種、澆水,神的道在我們心裡萌芽長大,我們終於承認自己是個罪人,接受基督,並且逐漸成長。一切都全靠最初有人向我們撒種。
如今,種子交到我們手上,我們願意去撒種嗎?我們會將它撒在別人的心田中嗎?這是我們的特權,也是責任。我們有沒有抓緊機會,忠心去撒種呢?禾場廣大,需要工人去撒種;我們已有了種子,是否該趕緊去作工呢?
ARE YOU SOWING THE RIGHT SEED?
Matthew 13:1-8
1 On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Message
The seed, the Word of God, is remarkable. It can be sown in so many ways. It can be sown by the spoken voice. It can be read in a tract or from a portion of Scripture. It can be communicated in a dozen or more ways. The Word is what God had promised to bless. The Psalmist called it 'precious seed'.
What is the application of all of this to us today? Very simply, someone, a parent, a Sunday school teacher, a pastor, an evangelist, a tract, sowed the seed of the Word of God in our hearts. How many times did we hear it before we allowed it to grow? Then one day someone else added some more seed or watered that which was there. The Word of God began to do its work in our heart, and finally we saw our position as a sinner and accepted Christ. All because someone sowed some seed.
Now in turn, can't we pass on that seed? Can't we place the Word in someone else's life? That is our privilege and responsibility. Are we being faithful to our opportunity? The field is there, waiting. We have the seed. What are we doing with it?

