05-07-2019, 06:32 PM
*THE LIVING WATER*
*DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*Tuesday, May 7, 2019*
*TOPIC: BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND*
*Read: Hosea 10:1-10*
*MEMORISE: _For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns_ (Jeremiah 4:3).*
*EXPOSITION*
When bush fallowing method is adopted in agricultural practice, that is: if a land is left out of farming between 5 and 10 years, the end result is always palatable for the farmer. There is going to be more harvest and improved qualities of the farm products. However, a fallowed bush is not as easy to cultivate as any other bush being cultivated yearly. No matter how long it has been fallowed, an improperly ploughed or un-ploughed land that is planted upon, would yield nothing but weeds; there is need for such land to be tilled appropriately.
The heart of man remains the central processing unit. And God seeks to take total control of it. Satan is the one who hardens and makes hearts to be obstinately stubborn *(Jer.5:23; 9:26).* Such heart rebuffs and rebounds God’s counsels.
Sealed-up hearts are hearts that are very impervious to God’s corrective measures and entrenched in His Word. This was the true picture of the condition of the Israelites’ hearts.
Just like the Israelites, so stubborn and ever falling victim of God’s wrath, mere Church-goers that are not ready to agree to God’s ordinance, standard of holiness, godliness and total obedience, are to break up their fallow grounds, so that the Word of God can germinate and bear fruits in them *(Matt. 3:8; Gal.5:22).*
Let the stony hearts be softened by God’s power in His Word; this is the only way we profit ourselves and God. Have you ploughed your fallow heart?
*PRAYER POINTS*
*1.* Lord, break my stony heart with the hammer of Your Word.
*2.* Oh Lord, create a new heart that pants after Your Word in me.
*3.* Father, revive us as a Church, and Nation in Jesus’ name.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: 2 Sam. 2:15 – 4:7; Luke 22:53 – 23:3*
*Author: CAC WORLDWIDE*
*Remain Blessed!*
*DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*Tuesday, May 7, 2019*
*TOPIC: BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND*
*Read: Hosea 10:1-10*
*MEMORISE: _For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns_ (Jeremiah 4:3).*
*EXPOSITION*
When bush fallowing method is adopted in agricultural practice, that is: if a land is left out of farming between 5 and 10 years, the end result is always palatable for the farmer. There is going to be more harvest and improved qualities of the farm products. However, a fallowed bush is not as easy to cultivate as any other bush being cultivated yearly. No matter how long it has been fallowed, an improperly ploughed or un-ploughed land that is planted upon, would yield nothing but weeds; there is need for such land to be tilled appropriately.
The heart of man remains the central processing unit. And God seeks to take total control of it. Satan is the one who hardens and makes hearts to be obstinately stubborn *(Jer.5:23; 9:26).* Such heart rebuffs and rebounds God’s counsels.
Sealed-up hearts are hearts that are very impervious to God’s corrective measures and entrenched in His Word. This was the true picture of the condition of the Israelites’ hearts.
Just like the Israelites, so stubborn and ever falling victim of God’s wrath, mere Church-goers that are not ready to agree to God’s ordinance, standard of holiness, godliness and total obedience, are to break up their fallow grounds, so that the Word of God can germinate and bear fruits in them *(Matt. 3:8; Gal.5:22).*
Let the stony hearts be softened by God’s power in His Word; this is the only way we profit ourselves and God. Have you ploughed your fallow heart?
*PRAYER POINTS*
*1.* Lord, break my stony heart with the hammer of Your Word.
*2.* Oh Lord, create a new heart that pants after Your Word in me.
*3.* Father, revive us as a Church, and Nation in Jesus’ name.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: 2 Sam. 2:15 – 4:7; Luke 22:53 – 23:3*
*Author: CAC WORLDWIDE*
*Remain Blessed!*