Break Up The Fallow Ground

Jeremiah 4:1,2,3,4,5,6

God told Israel: This is going to happen. Will you be in a position to be recovered? I will not forget or forsake you when this calamity comes. Israel was reaping what had been sown in the wrong place. They trusted their own strength, which meant they were weak and could not withstand the coming army.

Both the fallow and thorny soil are available for me to sow in. Thorns represent cares. Everyone has cares in life. But am I sowing in a field of thorns? Weeds and thorns choke out the Word of God; they take away nutrients from good plants.

Frequent maintenance is necessary to keep weeds and thorns out, physically and spiritually. This verse instructs to not intentionally plant within these environments.

If I only have tiny patches and crumbs of space to sow in when I’m surrounded by cares and trials of life, I am sowing in the wrong field. This is not the only place there is to sow.

A fallow field has not been ploughed yet, but it is ready to sow. In crop rotation, this is a field that has either been idle or had a cover crop to build up the nutrients in the soil for the next crop. It is ready to produce abundantly.

The standard (flag) set toward Zion is a symbol that an army can gather under to go forward. It represents holy living, kindness, justice, and righteousness.

Sowing into the field of God's preparation is a deliberate act.