你撒的是否好种?
马太福音十三章1至8节
1当那一天,耶稣从房子里出来,坐在海边。
2有许多人到他那里聚集,他只得上船坐下,众人都站在岸上。
3他用比喻对他们讲许多道理,说:“有一个撒种的出去撒种。
4撒的时候,有落在路旁的,飞鸟来吃尽了;
5有落在土浅石头地上的,土既不深,发苗最快,
6日头出来一晒,因为没有根,就枯干了;
7有落在荆棘里的,荆棘长起来,把它挤住了;
8又有落在好土里的,就结实,有一百倍的,有六十倍的,有三十倍的。
信息分享
神的道颇具吸引力,可以借着许多方式撒播。我们可以口传与人分享;可以派发福音单张或赠阅圣经;也可以用诗歌或生活见证。神应许祝福祂的道;诗人在诗篇称它为「宝贵的种子」。
神的种子今天如何撒在我们心中呢?也许是你的父母、朋友、主日学老师、牧者、一份福音单张、一首诗歌或一本书,将神的道播种在你的心里。别人可能已多次向我们撒种,但我们一直没有回应,直至某天,又有人给我们撒种、浇水,神的道在我们心里萌芽长大,我们终于承认自己是个罪人,接受基督,并且逐渐成长。一切都全靠最初有人向我们撒种。
如今,种子交到我们手上,我们愿意去撒种吗?我们会将它撒在别人的心田中吗?这是我们的特权,也是责任。我们有没有抓紧机会,忠心去撒种呢?禾场广大,需要工人去撒种;我们已有了种子,是否该赶紧去作工呢?
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?

