The parable of the sower is an important one to understand; but the problem with this or any other parable is familiarity. When we are familiar with something, we stop looking at it closely. The parable is all about the battle not just for our hearts, but for our minds, too. It speaks about the way we respond to God’s Word (the seed). The soil in the parable can be interpreted as the soil of our mind and the importance for it to be a healthy environment in which the seed of God’s word can flourish

If we don’t carve out a time and place to read, study and contemplate Scripture, our minds cannot be renewed, refreshed and enlightened by it. However, we cannot understand God’s Word without the help, action and movement of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit ignites our love for the Scriptures so that they come alive and we develop a thirst to read them and a hunger to hear and understand them.