"For
thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow
ground, and sow not among thorns"
(Jeremiah 4:3)
Breaking up the "fallow
grounds" of your heart and making it ready for the Word is your
responsibility. You have to cultivate your spirit; that means prepare it for
the entrance of God’s Word. In the scriptures, the Word of God is likened to a
seed (Luke 8:11). The seed of the Word is designed to produce in you a
harvest of what it talks about; health, prosperity, peace, joy, abundance, and
victory. But if the heart is not made ready for the entrance of the Word it
will not produce the desired results.
When a farmer cultivates his land,
the first thing he does is to dig and stir it up: He ploughs it. Now, the Bible
tells us to stir up the gift of God in us. That gift is the Holy Spirit, and
one way to stir up His power in you is through speaking in tongues. When the
power is stirred, it becomes easy for the Word of God to get into your spirit
and sink deep into your consciousness.
The second thing a farmer does in
preparing his land for sowing is to fertilize the land, and we fertilize our
spirits through prayer. Through prayer, your spirit is conditioned and
positioned rightly to receive the Word of God. Christians who pray often and
accurately are always synchronized with God’s perfect will for their lives.
They are positioned in God’s place, in God’s time, for God’s purpose, in God’s
way.
When your spirit is cultivated,
you will keep experiencing a harvest of the Word in your life. Never allow your
heart lie fallow. Meditate on the Word and pray regularly, and your spirit will
produce for you a harvest of the Word.
Further Study:
Luke 8:11-15;
Jude 1:20
Andy Agim
Christ Realities
