Plowing Hearts, Seeking God

Plowing Hearts, Seeking God…

Just as the earth needs plowing to remain fertile and receptive to growth, so too does our heart require cultivation. Left untended, our hearts can become hardened, dry, and resistant to the life-giving Word and love of God.

The passage from Hosea 10:12 urges us to “Break up your fallow ground: it’s time to seek the Lord…” This “Spirit plowing” is the answer to a heart that has grown weary or deaf to God’s voice. We must intentionally disrupt the routines and patterns that have allowed a crust to form over our hearts.

Let us open ourselves to the transformative work of the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to break through the hardness and turn our lives over to receive the abundance of His grace.

Take this day as an opportunity to single-mindedly seek the Lord, to be filled anew, and to experience the wonder of His presence. Break up that fallow ground within you; it is indeed time to seek the Lord.

Heavenly Father, we acknowledge the tendency of our hearts to grow hard and unreceptive over time. We confess those areas where we have become complacent and distant from Your voice. We ask now for the plowing of Your Holy Spirit. Break up the fallow ground within us, Lord. Disrupt our comfortable routines, challenge our stagnant patterns, and soften the hardened places in our hearts. Grant us the desire and the time to truly seek You today and be filled with Your presence, Your love, and Your life-giving Word. Turn our lives afresh towards Your grace. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The greatest tragedy is not that men are wicked; the tragedy is that men are trivial. 

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed 🙏🏼