Be Transformed
“Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. There is so much that can get in the way of transformation. As Jesus mentions in this Scripture, worries, distractions and wants get in the way and choke out the word. It leads us astray and tries to entice us to get off course. We feel pressured to act or drawn the wrong way. We see this with Abraham and the promise that he gave for a son. First, when he didn’t see the promise come forth, Sarah, (perhaps worried) assumed that they must need to make it happen and gave Abraham his slave girl. Abraham could have refused this, but instead (perhaps enticed) acted on it and created Ishmael before Sarah conceived her son, the child of promise, Isaac. How does transformation happen? As we know from the parable of the seeds along different soil that the condition of the soil is signific
