Just What Are You Sowing Into?

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. (Matthew 13:8)

Now more than ever you need GOOD ground, and good ground is a ground that is well worked. When a farmer sows a seed, he first works it and surveys the ground to make sure that the ground is able to receive seed. Weeds are destroyed in the GOOD ground so it can’t choke the seed. If you are going to see your harvest come forth, you will have to destroy the weeds in order for the ground to become fertile.

Are you tilling the GROUND to stop your enemies?

Obviously, God told Adam to till the ground because He knew that there would be enemies in that ground. Adam had to dress and keep the ground. God would not have told Adam to keep it if there were no intruders. God never gives you anything that will not be challenging. Your marriage will be a challenge. Your finances will be a challenge. Your children will be a challenge.

To show you what I mean, look at marriage. There are a lot of people who love each other and get a divorce. Love is not what holds a marriage together, but commitment. Covenant is not based on love, but commitment. Two people who are adults that have entered into manhood or womanhood should understand that when they divorce, the individuals who suffer are the children.

People don’t like the word “commitment”!

What I am leading to is this – people don’t like the word “commitment”. They don’t mind jumping from one place to another, but they are not quite ready to become consistent and settled. Commitment means “dirty laundry” has to be washed. It means that you will see another side of someone that you may not want to witness.