A lamp on a stand

 Luke 8:16-18

A Lamp on a Stand

¹⁶ “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. ¹⁷ For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. ¹⁸ Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”

 

Take care how you listen to my Word says the Lord 

Some of you listen intently but allow the cares of this world to drown out the message

Some of you hear but do not understand

Some of you hear and understand but the evil one steals it from you 

So listen, persevere and guard your heart and mind and thus produce a good crop

Amen