WISDOM'S ARENA

A good (fertile) hearted person prioritizes his life by channeling his energy towards the things of God first as well as making time for other responsibilities. He understands that the word of God is the only creative agent that can generate a true and meaningful life and give him lasting and eternal inheritance as the bible states in Act 20:32 (KJV) “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.”   Their time of studying God’s word and prayer goes beyond the space of Church bible reading and corporate prayer meetings. Just like the case of Daniel they are deliberate and make time to study God’s word and pray; they do not allow anything to take their time of private studying of the scripture and prayer. They do not even allow church activities and ministry responsibilities to deprive them of their personal time for the word of God. “Then the twelve c

               “And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.”                                                                     Luke 8:8 To begin with this narrative let us look at how the key scripture passage describes the Good (fertile) hearted person,  according to Luke 8:15  “ But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.” And Luke 8:8 “And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.” From the two passages a good hearted person is honest, good, patient and someone who knows and practices the scriptures.  You will notice from the account of the parable of the sower in Luke Chapter 8, that the differential between a Good (fertile) hearted person and the rest of the three category of people is the fruitfulness in his life as a result of his heart condition.  A good (fertile) hearted person is born again

    “And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with                            cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.”                                                                                Luke 8:14 (KJV) Kwame Kyekyeku one of the finest  Christian  leaders in one of the foremost tertiary institution in Ghana, met Akua Agyare, a second year zealous Christian sister during a University Christian Fellowship weekend service and immediately fell in love with her. Both Kwame and Akua were very faithful and committed members of the University Christian Fellowship; they read their bibles and pray on daily basis as recommended by the Holy book according to 1Thessalonians_5:17 (KJV) “Pray without ceasing.” and 1 st Peter_2:2  “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby”, besides, they gave themselves to the Lord’s command of sharing the Gospel

“And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”                                                                                         Luke 8:6 (KJV) Unlike the Wayside Hearted Person the Rocky Hearted Person is a believer, probably filled with the Holy Spirit and has all the grace or the divine potential to grow and become like Jesus Christ. This category of people in the church are born again and very religious but not necessarily, spiritual; they might have an outward appearance and idiosyncrasies of a spiritual person, but lack the power of the Gospel in their lives.  Apostle Paul refers to this group of believers as babies in the Lord according to 1Corinthians 3:1 (KJV) “ And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.”  And Hebrews_5:12 (KJV) “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the firs

  “A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down,                                                                and the fowls of the air devoured it.”                                                                                    Luke 8:5(KJV) Dodze, a young boy growing up in Nima, one of the biggest Shanty suburbs in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, where the majority of the people are of the Islamic faith. His friends were mainly Muslims and a few nominal Christians. His Muslims peers always go to the mosque to pray five times a day as required by their religion to the pain of Dodze whose parents were against him joining them. Having always felt out of place when religion becomes the fulcrum of argument and soccer competition between Muslims and Christians in the community. Dodze decided to start attending a local Catholic Church in the community so that he can also have a sense of belonging and the clout t