When the earth is crusted over and hardened, it is not receptive to seeds that are dropped upon it, they will be eaten by birds or blown away by the wind. Before the farmer broadcasts his seed,meh must cultivate or break up the fallow ground so it can receive the seed,which can the take root and grow.
Hosea warned the nation of Israel, "break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord" (10:12). Their hearts had become hard like the sun-baked ground and were not open to receive the Word of the Lord.
Today, our hearts are hardened toward God's Word due to our sins and the temptations of life. Our pride, our greed, our lustfulness, our selfishness and our fears all work to cause us to resist the life-giving Gospel of Jesus Christ and the blessings from above.
We, like Israel of old, need to break up our fallow ground - prepare our hardened hearts by casting off the sin, which hardened us against His Word and will. The "lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life," (1 John 2:16), must be broke up within our hearts so that we can receive His Spirit within.
I don't know about you, but you do. What needs broken up in your life to allow your soul to open freely and fully to God's Word.
Jus' Askn.
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