For the passed two weeks, the Christian community has had their eyes focused on a university in Kentucky. Some are saying it is a revival. Some are calling the phenomenon a renewal or awakening. Some YouTubers are showing radical videos and denouncing it as a charismatic horror. Some folks claimed to have went there and received the Holy Ghost. Some YouTubers streamed portions of the meeting live on their channels, so the world can experience what they are experiencing. Reports say the gatherings were orderly, calm and peaceful. Whatever your opinion, and whatever my opinion, they are just that—opinions. Time will tell the end results.
I thought of the parable of the sower that Jesus tells in Matthew 13. The sower threw seeds just everywhere. Some fell by the wayside or path beside his field. Some of the seeds fell on rocky ground and sprang up. Some fell among thorns. Some, however, fell on good ground.
The seed that fell by the wayside was snatched up by the birds. It didn't grow because it was eaten before it could take root. Some of the Word that people heard in Kentucky will get snatched away by the enemy before it can take root.
The seed that fell on stoney ground in the parable sprang up, but it didn't have any earth around it. So, when the sun got hot, it died, because it didn't have any roots from which to draw moisture for sustinance. Some of the Word that the people heard in Kentucky doesn't have roots, and as soon as trouble comes, it will die.
The seed that fell among the thorns grew a little but those thorns grew, too and choked it. Some of the folks in Kentucky heard the Word, and it grew, but the cares of this life, aka the thorns, will grow up and choke it.
Sounds depressing, doesn't it. Well, here's the good news.
Some of the seed that the farmer threw landed in good ground, where the dirt was rich in nutrience. It grew so well, the Bible says, "But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold" (v 8). Which means, some of the folks who heard God's Word in Kentucky received it deep in the soil of their hearts. It has roots, there are no weeds, and the birrds can't touch it, because it's hidden deep within. Therefore, it will bring a harvest 100 times bigger than themselves.
In verse 9, Jesus ends this parable by saying, "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."
And this is how I am ending this post. May God do a mighty work in our hearts, so that we may see a harvest for Him, yielding that hundredfold.
**Scripture was taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible**
