Opens New Land

Opens New Land

 "Break up your fallow ground recently, and do not sow thorns in place to grow."(Jeremiah 4:3)

According to our new open means open forest land, cutting down all the trees and uproot the base of the stem to the roots; clean soil after the seeds that we planted new ones. But note the farming habits of the people of Israel, they are only allowed to work on the farm for six years, and in the seventh year shall be rested.

"Six years you shall sow your field, and you should eman years pruning the vineyard, and gather the crops, but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath for the land, a period of complete rest, a sabbath to the LORD, and shall not sow your field vineyard, do you twig. " (Leviticus 25:3-4)

So for one year the land was left alone without a hoe, plowed or irrigated. Consequently? The soil becomes very hard and only overgrown by weeds and wild plants such as weeds and thorns

That's how long the state of one's heart is not touched by the "plowshares and not having streams of living water". "Land" his heart became very loud and dipenihu by various "thicket", reeds and thorns. "No matter how good seed sown will produce a harvest of seed because it will surely die. Situation remains dry and arid.

Spirituality remains stunted, still a kid and never grow as the parable of a sower who sowed his seed: "Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, it withered away because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and shrubs that grow together and squeezing to death. " (Luke 8:6-7).

Of course this is very disappointing! How does your spiritual life? If we are spiritually aware and never grow stagnant, it was a sign that the field or ground of our hearts have become hard. We need to be processed and reshaped, if not, how long will not produce.

"Sow to you in accordance with justice, reap unfailing love break up your fallow ground new, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers righteousness on you." (Hosea 10:12)

There are many Christians who are easily offended and angry when they hear the word of God is hard. Then kiata any strike would not go to church or worship but still we moved to another church. That is a hard heart! We do not want to accept a reprimand! Such hearts should be dismantled and recycled, if not, should be sown any seed word is also still the result will be nil for the words they had heard pass you by and not embedded in the liver.

James warned, ".... be doers of the word and not hearers only, because otherwise you're cheating yourself." (James 1:22). Have therefore a willing heart shaped and jangn constantly complaining, grumbling and rebellion when God plowshares down to cultivate our lives. Written: "Every person many days plowing, hoeing and combing the land for sowing? Was not after leveling the ground, he spread scatter cumin and cumin, whole grain barley and barley put swarthy and sekoi at the edges? (Isaiah 28:24-25)

So the process of the formation of a God's time, during which we want to subject, the process will soon be completed. The Israelites had swirled for 40 years in the wilderness and experiencing violent establishment of God because they are a stiff-necked and rebellious to God always. If we had a full surrender to God, waterways Him (Holy Spirit) will be poured out on us so that our hearts become soft ground (loose) and ready seeds sprinkled his word.

The Bible states that "The seed that fell in good ground that it is the person, who, having heard the word, keep it in good heart and pulled the fruit persistence." (Luke 8:15) and ".... after growing fruit a hundredfold." (Luke 8:8)

"Only the good soil that will produce double berlipatkali harvest and bring glory to the name of the Lord!"

Samuel Darmanto
Source : Living Water Daily Devotional