“The good soil represents the hearts of those who truly accept God’s message and produce a huge harvest – thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as has been planted.”

If we can remove the acceptance problems of our cultures so that new talent can come into the organization and quickly take hold and establish deep roots, unencumbered by others, then we will be building companies that can continuously grow and scale. This becomes a significant competitive advantage over the other organizations who are after the same talent. Especially in this day and age, talent is evaluating closely the cultures of new companies. They are using great online tools and resources to be able to look inside a company culture before they decide where to take the next job. (I am on the Board of Directors of one of these companies; http://glassdoor.com and I highly recommend that anyone who is considering, or for sure, before interviewing with the company, check out Glassdoor.com) Companies that get past their acceptance problems (as read about in Part 1-3 of this series) will find themselves getting better talent and multiplying their effectiveness, many times over.

Jesus’ promise to us about what our lives can be like if we just accept Him and His message and allow ourselves to be fertile ground is in itself reason enough to get rid of our own acceptance problems. Our personal harvest can be abundant. Why would we wait another day to turn ourselves over to Him and let Him be the farmer of our lives? He not only wants to plant Himself deeply within us, but then wants to nourish, feed and see us grow. What farmer plants a field to get anything less than a bountiful harvest? It doesn’t come over night, but the harvest season is always so fulfilling and rewarding. Let’s today let God’s seeds take hold and let us accept all that He wants for us and our lives.

Reference: Matthew 13: 1-23 (New Living Testament)