You deepen the soil of your heart when you move beyond surface-level faith. Let God’s truth take root, allowing it to grow and bear lasting fruit in your life.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. In his parable of the sower, Jesus described how “some [of the seed] fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil.” The Gospel seed had nothing to root itself into, nothing in which to anchor. The soil was simply too shallow. And because Jesus taught that soil represents our hearts – could it be that our hearts are too shallow? Is there enough soil? When fresh truth falls into your heart, is it able to take root? Does it find an anchor in your soul? The Bible calls us to go deep in our life in Christ. As the psalmist says, “Deep calls to deep.” That means you still have the call and opportunity to deepen your soil. And it starts with putting away a surface interest in God and fertilizing the soil of your heart through daily prayer and reading God’s Word. The deeper your heart becomes, the more truth will take root and blossom and bear fruit.
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