"Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you."
Hosea 10:12 (NIV)
Our Lord Jesus taught us that the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by preserving, produce a crop. How is our heart today?
First of all, do we hear the Word? Have we read it today? Have we listened to it? Have we sung it?
Secondly, have we retained what we heard? Can we remember the meaning of the Word we read or heard? What did it mean? What is the Lord saying to me about my life today?
Thirdly, have I implemented it in my life? This will take perseverance. Implementation of God's Word in my life will take work and pain and stick to-it-ness.
Good soil is soil that has been turned. It has had the hard plow break into it and turn it upside down. So Hosea tells the people of God to get busy and plow those areas of our lives that we have left untouched. A good way of beginning to break up the un-plowed soil in our hearts is to read the Sermon on the Mount. Just read it through and note where the Words hurt. Turn the soil upside down by confessing your revealed sin and asking God to do His work in your heart. Then go back to those verses that hurt; memorize them, cross reference them, study them - sink God's Word deep into your plowed life and wait for the fruit of unfailing love to spring forth!
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