For the believer, there is no survival outside of the word of God. That is why satan will do everything he can to keep you from the word; the word is his greatest area of attack in the life of the believer. When he came to attack Adam and Eve in the garden he said to them, “Hath God said…?” (Genesis 3:1). Also, when he came to attack the second Adam in the person of Jesus he said, “If thou be the son of God as He has just declared from heaven…” (Matt.3:17, 4:1-11 Paraphrased).
The fruit bearing process of the word begins with receiving the word.
So, in the first instance satan will attempt to stop you from receiving the word.
This is evident in the parable of the sower. The sower sowed the seed, some fell by the way side, the birds of the air picked them up, some on the stones and the rocks, satan said, ‘I won't let him have root.” So, the seed struggles to survive.
Others fell among thorns and the thorns choked them up. This is why some people get to the point of receiving the word in their heart yet it does not profit them. Mark 4:18 says, “And these are they which are sown among thorns, such as hear the word...” They succeeded to a point of hearing the word but “…the cares of this world…choke the word and it becometh unfruitful” (Verse 19). The word ‘cares' means worries, anxieties and distractions of this world. These are the things that choke the word. The word of God Today cannot die but it can be choked.
The conditioning of your heart is what determines the fruitfulness of the word you receive. From that parable you find that it is the same seed, the same sower but different grounds. The word of God is the same but the different attitude of receivers is what is responsible for different results.
You must fight worries and anxieties, apprehension etc because no matter how healthy a seed is, it requires a healthy environment to yield fruit.
Beware of concerns! Beware of anxiety! What shall we eat, what shall we drink, what is my future like? What will happen to my wife? What will happen to my children? What will happen to me?
Jesus said, “Who among you, through anxiety can add a cubit to his stature?” (Matt. 6:27). Have you ever seen a man who worries about his height, and suddenly his height increased? It does not happen. No body grows by anxiety, growth comes as a natural sequence to other processes of life.
So, keep your life running on the word by living anxiety and apprehensive free. Anxiety doesn't change the seed of the word, it will rather destroy it.
So when the seed of the word is planted in your heart, go to sleep, takes your rest, stop choking the seed. You may not know how, but things are happening and your breakthrough is on the way!
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