It's the time of year when people are planting their gardens, fixing their sprinklers, pulling weeds. All of these yard chores lead to one thing... getting your hands dirty.
As a kid you don't think twice about digging in the dirt and getting some dirt under your nails. What happens to us as adults?
Even after writing my Digging Ditches post the Lord still has me thinking about farming and how the ditches feed our produce, which in turn feeds our community, which ultimately shipped out of the valley and feeds people even outside of our area. Do you suppose those farmers would have produce to feed their families and beyond if they didn't get their hands a little dirty?
Before a seed is ever planted in the ground the soil must be prepared, it must have proper nutrients and finally must have a source of water.
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart,
who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
~Luke 8:15
It is much the same way in your life. The Lord's seeds will not grow without water and proper preparation. The Lord may not be sewing into your life right now... but what are you doing to prepare your soil? Will you be ready when God says it it time for you to produce a crop? It's time to get your hands dirty... if the rain comes and there are no ditches and no soil prepared you will yield no harvest.
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
~Matthew 13:4-8
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