Last month, a young man came to church looking for someone to talk to. He was holding “entalabusi” (hut for Muslims) in his hands. We sat down and he began to narrate how he had been searching for the truth. He had served in a mosque for some time, studied the Quran but was restless. So he plunged into careless living. He had recently started studying the Bible and wanted to know how to become a follower of “Isa” (Jesus). He had read through the gospel of John and even memorized three chapters word to word. He had a clear hunger for God’s word. Listening to him quote Scripture and sensing his pursuit to understand what he was reading reminded me of the parable of the sower. He was a man who represented seed that fell in good soil.                                                                          

He prayed to receive Christ and asked that we pray for Him as he returns home to share his new found faith in Jesus Christ. We prayed and gave him a Bible. I know he will grow because all that he said in that hour, clearly represented the seed that falls into rich soil and grows to bear fruit a hundred fold.

Are you allowing the word of God to take root in your life?