Mark 4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 1. Consider the nature of these things: they are vain, transitory, perishing; and they only minister to our earthly life which will end we know not how soon. 2. By all our care we cannot help or profit ourselves, without God's blessing on the means we use. 3. It is a heathenish practice thus to vex and trouble ourselves with immoderate cares for earthly things: not fit for Christians, who profess faith in God's Providence. 4. We are commanded to cast our cares upon God; and He has promised to care for us, and to provide for us all things necessary for this life, as well as for that which is to come, if we depend on Him by faith (Psalm 55:2; 1 Peter 5:7). 5. Consider how God provides for other creatures, of less value and worth than ourselves, without their care. 6. Immoderate cares for this life oppress the heart and mind exceedingly, taking them up so that they cannot be free to meditate on spiritual and heavenly things: hindering men also from daily preparing themselves for death and judgment (Luke 21:34). 7. Let our chief care be for heavenly and spiritual things, which concern God's glory and the salvation of our souls. This will moderate and slake our care for temporal things. (G. Petter.) Parallel Verses KJV: And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.WEB: Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. |
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