“Let him who has ears to hear Me, hear!” –Mark 4:23 When you receive any revelation, blessing, encouragement, strength, or hope from reading the daily Scriptures and the commentary in this book, you must share what God has given you. “The gift you have received, give as a gift” (Mt 10:8). “In the measure you give you shall receive, and more besides” (Mk 4:24). The more you share from God’s Word, the more you will receive. If you don’t share what you receive, what little you “have will be taken away” (Mk 4:25). The Bible and even this book, One...

“The sower is sowing…the word.” –Mark 4:14 Modern agriculture sows seed very precisely. Along a row, seeds are planted with a specific spacing. In addition, rows are spaced apart horizontally. Thus the amount of seed necessary to plant a field can be calculated from the dimensions of the field. Using modern sowing techniques, seed is not wasted or over-sown. The farmer knows how many seed bags to buy, and can save his costs by not overbuying seed. This is not the sowing method that Jesus’ hearers used. They used the “broadcast” method of sowing. A sower went to the seedpile...