Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He comes and rains righteousness on you
H O S E 10: 12
Before a farmer plants a field, he plows it up. After plowing, the field just looks like a big pile of stirred-up dirt. It looks worse than before it was plowed. But that's the only way the seeds will ever take root.
The people of Hosea's day had become hardened to God's word. They had heard it many times before and had grown apathetic to what God required of them. God's solution was for them to break up the fallow ground of their hearts. They were to allow Him to soften their haerdened hearts. When the earth was dry and crusty, the farmer would plow to loosen the soil so it was receptive to the seeds and the rains that would give life to the crop. Likewise, God's people were to break up the sinner barriers in their lives that prevented God's word from penetrating their hearts. Then said Hosea, ygod would guve life and refresh them by raining on them in righteousness.
As a believer, we must continually cultivate our hearts and minds so that they are receptive to whatever Gods tells us. John the Baptist exhorted those around him to prepare for Jesus' coming. We, too, can remind others to prepare their lives so that God's righteousness will penetrate and fill their lives. We can urge them to repent when we see sin sinking into their lives. We can share the joy that God's Word brings us and encourage our friends to seek God's will also. We can model obedience for our children. We can tell of the blessing that have come to us as a result of our obedience. We can help to break up the fallow ground in the hearts of those around us.
Hosea admonished God's people to seek the Lord until His righteousness rained down upon them. We should ommediately cultivate our heart whenever it start to become hardened toward God. If we keep our hearts prepared, we will be ready when God's Word cones to us.
I want to stir things up for you, too if everything's perfect in our life right now, and you don't want it to improve, put down this book and stop seeking Me. But if you stick with Me, I'm going to change things. I want to plant good things in your life. Trust Me, you're going to like the improvement I make . My changes will be worth it all. I promise! Your Heavenly father sayest the Lord! That you will ask who gave the the rain? Enjoy my new song to the Lord!
Title: Who gave the rain?
Intro:
Verse1: Who gave the rain
He had commanded the cloud above
To open the door of heaven to us
He's the King of the Flood
Revelation is given for us
Chorus: Who gave the rain (3X)
Bridge: Both the former
And the later
It is the Season
Raining righteousness
Verse2: Who gave the rain
He commamded the storm
Peace be still you are the Lord
The savior of the world
Let us break-up our fallow ground
Till he comes, he comes and rain
Raining of rigtheousness gave birth of the song asking who gave the rain?
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