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If there is a prophecy in the Word, aimed at our day, this is it. Here we may know and understand the heart of the Lord. His call is to a people who will sow seeds of righteousness, which will result in a harvest of the manifestation of the holiness of the Lord. Sow to yourself, sow for your own benefit and blessing. Hos. 10:12 The reward is not always immediately evident, it takes time for the seed to germinate and to come to fruition, but the results are highly beneficial. The sowing of the good seed, the Word of the Lord brings positive and eternal results. Prov. 11:18.
The harvest of properly sown seed is mercy or loving kindness. The law of sowing and reaping applies to the spiritual as well as the natural. That which we sow in our life is the exact harvest which we shall reap. Sow to the desires of the flesh and all that can be expected is a harvest of the flesh. The wages of sin is death. Sow to the Spirit and reap life everlasting. Gal. 6:7-9 The Lord has always bountifully blessed the generous individual. A recent survey of the rich, found that those who were philanthropist were the happiest. Generosity has its rewards. Combine being a cheerful giver and Christianity and the great blessing of the Lord will be seen. 2 Cor. 9:6-9 Giving, of substance, time and effort, in the Spirit of the Lord produces a harvest of righteousness. The Lord loves a cheerful giver.
Plow the dormant ground. The unproductive, hard, perhaps arid heart, so void of the moving of the Spirit. Uncultivated, overgrown with crab grass and weeds of every sort, useless and unproductive. Now the call comes to break it up, plow furrows, breakup the sod and remove every hindering factor. The same call is issued to Judah and Jerusalem. It is a time of circumcision of the heart. That heart which has been void of Spiritual activity. Laying empty and cold. A field of thorns and thistles. The good seed being choked out and the undesirable taking over. It is time to weed, to break up the hard ground. A time to prepare the heart for the moving of the Spirit. For reviving and renewal. To fail to respond to the call of the Lord can only bring a fiery judgment upon the fields. Jer. 4:3-4.
The season has come where the Lord must be sought. Earnest, heartfelt repentance and prayer are called for. We want the blessing of the Lord and He has promised it to us. Who is not moving in the right direction? He has promised in the day that we seek Him with our whole heart we will find Him. He is ready to give a heart to His people where they come to a full knowledge of Him. When they return unto Him with the whole heart.
Jer. 24:7 The day of lukewarm, half hearted, hit and miss religion is coming to a quick close. It is time to earnestly seek Him with our whole, being, strength and heart. In His mercy and compassion He is calling to His people today to turn aside from the world and seek Him.