To build or to plant

Posted By jessi on July 23, 2011

I begin this blog in deep thought. My question to myself is “what is my own attitude?” Self examination is an awesome tool to use. I have considered myself as ‘building’ a solid foundation for my business, but now I must reconsider my own thoughts. I want to be a person who plants. I do believe that the soil must be fertile, and must be broken up. Look at what Hosea said:

“Sow for yourselves righteousness,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek the Lord,
until he comes and showers righteousness on you.” (Hosea 10:12)

Hardness must be broken up. A plow or rototiller does the hard work of opening up the ground. Yes, you can dig it, one shovel at a time, but that’s too slow. You harness some cattle or horses — or horsepower. But many is the farmer without livestock who has harnessed himself up and pulled his own plow while his wife or son guided the plow. It takes energy to pull the plow, to guide the plow, to keep the furrows straight so the field can be plowed efficiently.

What It Means To Break Up The Fallow Ground
To break up the fallow ground, is to break up your hearts, to prepare your minds to bring forth fruit unto God. The mind of man is often compared to the ground in the bible. The word of God is the seed sown there, the fruit representing the actions and emotions of those who receive it. To break up the fallow ground therefore, is to bring the mind into such a state that it is fitted to receive the Word of God. Sometimes your hearts get matted down, hard and dry, until there is no such thing as getting fruit from them until they are broken up, and mellowed down, and fitted to the Word. It is this softening of the heart, so as to make it feel the truth, which the prophet calls break up your fallow ground.

I want to be a planter. I want to sow the good seeds of righteousness as a farmer sows. Father God, let me continue to walk in your favor…let me be the humble servant that willing to serve without hesitation and complete obedience. Consider my ways and cause me to look to the horizon. Let me keep my eyes on the end of the rows so that my path will be straight and in accordance with your anointing.

I have battled this week with discouragement from varying sources. It is interesting that we invest so much of our lives into others and find that we have gotten nowhere. That is that ground!!!!! I was sharing with Loretta (my mentor with Exfuze) and she reminded me that some people will never hear you. It is those persons that we must simply love them but move on. These are the ones who will pull you down and keep you from rising to another level. Although this is very hard for me, because I am dealing with family…I know it to be truth. I consider the Scripture,

Mathew 7:6 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.”

The meaning of the passage is disputed, but seems generally to be that the followers of Jesus should pass his
message on to those most likely to accept it.
Generally to “cast pearls before swine” is to share something of value with those who will not appreciate it.

Do not waste good things on people who will not appreciate them. Jesus appears to be warning his disciples to preach only before receptive audiences.

I feel like I am jumping around but let me pull it all together now. We are all selfish by nature. We look to our own needs rather than to the needs of others. I choose to be different. I choose to allow the Holy Spirit to guide me into the realm of looking to the needs of others. I want to plant the seeds of selflessness so that it will continue to grow even as I stop to rest. We all must stop at some time during our journey. My selfishness lies in the fact that I say, “come quickly Lord Jesus, come”.