Christians are like good ground

In Mark 4:3-8 Jesus tells a parable about a farmer who was planting some seeds. In Mark 4:14-20 he explained what it meant. He described four scenarios where the seed symbolises the good news about Jesus and the ground represents different types of people.

1. Some of it fell on the road and the birds ate it - this represents people who are not open to the message of Jesus.
2. Some of it fell on rocky ground and the soil was too shallow for it to grow - this represents people who accept the good news about Jesus but their faith doesn't grow and when life gets tough, the walk away from it.
   
3. Some of it fell onto thorny soil and the weeds overtook the grain - this represents people who accept the good news about Jesus but get distracted by the world—by money, success, etc.
   
4. Some of the grain fell onto good ground and grew and multiplied - this represents people who follow Jesus and who live fruitful lives serving him. 

What kind of ground are you? Do you get dragged to church each week and sit there doing your best grumpy cat impersonation? Did you accept Jesus but got discouraged when life got difficult? Do you go to church on Sunday but live like the world for the rest of the week? Or are you good dirt? Do you read your Bible, love going to church and worshipping God, do you pray, are generous and serve others and tell them the Good News?

In Mark 4:8 Jesus said, But other seeds were planted on good ground, sprouted, and produced thirty, sixty, or one hundred times as much as was planted. Be good dirt and live a fruitful life serving Jesus!