Break Up Your Unplowed Ground

As we continue our discussion on seeking God, let's look at what God says to us in Hosea 10:12: “Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground.” We are commanded by God to break up our unplowed ground. In a garden, unplowed ground is the ground that has been undisturbed and left alone. Due to neglect, it becomes weeded-infested, hard, and unproductive.


The call to break up this ground is a call to look into those areas of our lives that we have neglected, ignored, and allowed to become hard. Sometimes, the demands of our daily lives cause us to allow the spiritual side of our life to become unplowed. Hosea 10:13 tells us why it is important to plow our neglected spiritual lives: “It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and showers righteousness on you.” It our responsibility to to break up our unplowed ground. We do this by seeking the Lord.


How long should we seek Him. "Until He comes."Until He "showers righteousness" on us. The challenge is for us to prepare our hearts and our minds for our miracles; it is God's responsibility to come and shower us with righteousness.