Do you want to burn brighter than the dawn?

Mark 4:18 And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns;
these are the ones who have heard the word, 19 but the worries and cares of
the world [the distractions of this age with its worldly pleasures], and
the deceitfulness [and the false security or glamour] of wealth [or fame],
and the passionate desires for all the other things creep in and choke out
the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Life is short; I wanna live it well One life, one story to tell...'Cause I

can't take none of that through the door Yeah, I'm living for more than

just a funeral I wanna burn brighter than the dawn - lyrics from a song by

Switchfoot. When the Word of God is spread, different types of people hear

and are affected different ways. The seed falls in 4 ways, the road, rocky

ground, thorns, and good soil. The enemy knows how get get people caught up

in the desires for worldly pleasure. We all want to be desired, loved and

cared for. All to often God is not enough, we want more. By being sold out

for Jesus, that desire can be and is fulfilled. Think about, What will

people think When they hear that I'm a Jesus Freak? What will people do

When they find that's it's true? - DC Talk. We cannot let world and its

desires "creep in and choke out the Word".

Douglas