Break Up your Unplowed Ground

Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.
(Hosea 10:12)

No farmer expects to reap a harvest if they just throw seed on unprepared ground!

They must first take the time to break up the soil and condition it so that it will be

ready for planting.
Our hearts also must be prepared to receive the seed of God's word.

We must examine our hearts, and break up the clogs that keep us from total surrender

to God.

The one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears 
the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty 
or thirty times what was sown. (Mathew 13:23)

It is time to put aside any rebellious ways, bitterness, or regret.

These things are only trying to hunt us down and rob our relationship with God.

All God wants for us is to open our hearts to Him and to be genuinely honest.

He wants to help us and bless us with spiritual gifts... if we will let Him. 

God will not help us if we insist on walking our own way. 

God will not bless us if we are harboring unforgiveness toward others.

If we have sin:

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and 

purify us from all unrighteousness.  (1John1:9)

Unforgiveness to someone:

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also 

forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father will not 

forgive your sins. 

So Let us go to Him and He will help us, heal us, and restore us.
(Mathew 6:14-15)

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of

refreshing may come from the Lord.  (Acts 3:19)

So Let us sow for yourselves rihteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love and
break your unplowed ground.; for it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes
and showers righteousness on you.  (Hosea 10:12)

Unplowed

                                                                                                Plowed