Luke 8:4 “And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:  8:5 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.  8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.  8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.  8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.  And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears, let them hear.  8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying What might this parable be?  8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.  8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.  8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.  8:13 They on the rock are they, which when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.  8:14 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.  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.” (Holman KJV Study Bible 2012)  

I have to say, I am a sinner and I fell into the group of not having roots and I fell away from Jesus.  I gave into temptation.  I was drinking, and while it may not be a sin to drink (a little), I wasn’t drinking a little.  And I fell into other temptations as well.  I wasn’t going to Church, I wasn’t reading or studying the Bible.  I certainly wasn’t meditating in his word. 

But now since moving back to my hometown, I am attending Church on a regular basis.  I wish we could go to Church now, but we have one more week left of staying home. 

It was such a blessing to move back home, my wife was invited to attend a Church and I dragged my feet at first, but I am so thankful that my wife was invited by some very nice people that attended the Church.

I fell in love with the preacher’s ability to convict my heart and then the pastor ended up leaving and now we are searching for another one, but then we fell in love with the congregation and how stead fast they are in their spiritual walk and how much they love one another. 

If you ensure you have a rooted spiritual walk with Jesus, you won’t be apt to fall prey to the World’s temptations like I did.  Now, I am rooted and ready to serve the Lord. 

If you are not spiritually rooted, then the World’s wind may be able to blow you in any direction, but if you are spiritually rooted, reading your Bible, praying, attending Sunday school, going to Church, and in tune with the Holy Spirit, then the World’s wind won’t be able to move you to the devil’s temptation.  Are you spiritually rooted?