I struggled with so many directions on this passage. The “on fire” Christian. The hypocritical Christian. The shallow Christian. The Christian that was full of pride and security in themselves and the rituals of religion. I pray that you will seek revelation of yourselves through prayer regarding these verses. We all can easily fall in many of these traps, and that comes from a very prideful man that Christ has been chipping away, and chipping away at the root of pride in my stony ground.
Matthew 13:5-6 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
We all have heard of the term “On Fire” Christians. Someone whom has typically experienced a radical conversion and is eager to spread their good news. Many times we later begin to wonder what happened to them, and where they are now. That would be an easy description of someone who’s was fed the seed on stoney ground. Outwardly we appear to have good faith, but deep inside we are hard hearted and full of pride. Matthew Henry said “hardness prevails in the heart, and what there is of soil and softness is only in the surface.”
But what about those of us whom consider ourselves to have good root, and yet don’t water and nourish with the Word as we should any seed. Verse 21 says “ yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Much of the Christian life is described as a race, and the endurance to finish the race. “let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1) We can’t quit when the trials of life come, and they will come. We must hold true to the seed that is placed in us upon Salvation. Christ is the seed, and the root that takes place in our heart.
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