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 NIV
To God be the Glory! Amen.
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 NIV
The Old Testament book of Hosea is a beautiful word picture of God's everlasting love for His people. His greatest gift of love to us is his Son, Jesus Christ, who also used word pictures in the parables to describe God's love for His people. In the parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) Jesus teaches us about sowing our seed in good soil which will produce a good crop.
God tells us in Hosea to sow righteousness and to break up our unplowed ground. We must till the garden of our heart breaking up the hard ground through forgiveness and patient endurance. We must seek the LORD in the cool of our heart garden (Genesis 3:8) and He will shower us with blessings. Then we will produce a good crop of blessings: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. This is the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians---the fruit of unfailing love---a very good crop indeed.
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