The Treasury of the Heart

43 “A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 44 A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. 45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
- Luke 6

A tree is equal to a man. As a tree is identified by it's fruit, a man is identified by the results of his life. Is he joyful? richly abounding in the blessings of God? Is he at peace within himself? Is he content? or Is he full of bitterness? Is he negative? complaining? Do people emulate him? Is he an example that others admire and want to follow? These are fruits that can be seen in a man's life. GOD expects each of us to bear fruit. We are not just "nothing" with the salvation we received from Yeshua and the faith GOD has given us. The Father wants us to grow in the Spirit, fully dependent on His power and will.

GOD gives us the seeds of His word, the water of His Spirit into our lives. Do we receive it with joy and gratefulness? Are we remaining and dwelling in the Spirit of thankfulness for His grace upon our lives? Are we nurturing the soils of our hearts according to His word? Are our hearts fertile soil that has been seeking for His word and the waters of His Spirit? Are our hearts receiving other things that are not of GOD? Do not nurture the thorns that may be thrown at you. These are distractions created by the enemy purposefully to bring you away from GOD's perfect will. Your heart is the center of your soul and your entire life functions according to the state of your heart. Guard it well because your heart is a treasure unto GOD. Out of your heart will flow the things that you have been meditating or thinking of in your soul. Nurture on the things of GOD. Do not be distracted by the enemies lies. Let the treasury of your heart be filled with GOD's word and His Spirit.

What Soil?

15 The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once and take it away. 16 The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy. 17 But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God’s word. 18 The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, 19 but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced. 20 And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

- Mark 4

Seed is the word of GOD that is being preached to different people. The soil is the heart of many that hears the word of GOD and receives them. Yeshua put it so clearly as to how He illustrated how people receive GOD's word in their hearts. Which soil are you? It is essential to know the conditions of our hearts. Is your heart a rocky soil? Are you seeking for GOD and His Kingdom? Or is this world all you ever care about and know? Is your heart a soil crowded with many other things in life? Is your ambition more than your desire for GOD?

These are tough questions and if the answers to them are yes then we just have to ask GOD the change the conditions of our hearts. Yes, when we are true to ourselves and understand which soil we have. When we are aware of our weakness, we can identify our problems and therefore be able to deal with it honestly and directly. No one is perfect, and that is why we have to regularly ask GOD to cultivate our hearts with fertilizers by asking Him to change our hearts and mold us by His grace that is ever sufficient for our needs. In this way we depend on Him not on our own efforts to be what He wants us to be: fruitful, productive and effective.