3) The third reaction to hearing God’s Word is that some people receive it quickly and want to follow Jesus. But they are more concerned about earthly things than they are about their relationship with Jesus. They can’t make a full commitment to following Jesus, because they are too busy with their careers. Being a disciple of Jesus is important to them. But, right now they are too busy with other things. They don’t have time to serve Jesus now. They plan to follow Jesus in the future, but they never do.