Let Him Hear - Luke 8:4-8

Luke 8:4-8 ESV 

And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it

A path appears where many feet have passed. The natural journeys of man and the normal inclinations of man have no thought or time for the things of God. The birds of the air fly in the dominion of the prince of the air. The ways of the world are not receptive to the word of God. It is off the beaten track that we find the way. 

And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture

As Moses was leading the Israelites through the desert, they were thirsty and had no water. Moses caused water to issue forth from a rock and the people drank. The rock that is the earth contains no moisture. The rock from heaven above has opened to provide a never ending supply of living water. Stop and drink and you will never thirst again. 

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it

When God cursed the earth due to the disobedience of man, God decreed that the earth would be hostile to the efforts of man and thorns would flourish in his fields of endeavor. And it is so. Jesus would wear a crown of thorns to His death, freeing us from the curse into a life of joyful obedience. We trade our crown of thorns for the crown of life. 

And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Jesus told His disciples that anyone who would leave their life and follow Him would receive a hundredfold of what they left behind. 

Can you hear what I'm saying?