What are the Cares of Life?

In Luke 8:14, Jesus explains that those who are choked with the cares of life have heard the word of God, the word was choked out and there was no spiritual fruit of maturity. When fruit in a garden does not mature, it is useless for nutrition; its sole purpose. But, how can the cares of life choke the word of God?

“Cares” can be translated from the Greek as divided or separated into parts, or cut in pieces. We can easily see how our lives can be so full of “things” we do, causing us not to have any time left for devotion, worship, or praise to God in our daily lives. Our lives add up to so many pieces and distractions that we forget the priority of the One who should be most important in our lives; Jesus Christ.

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”  John 15:5,6  NKJV