The Chaos Of The Plough

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

No one likes their life to be shaken up. No one likes crises, turmoil, confusion, problems, dislocation, and chaos. But pretend for a moment that your life was represented by a plot of soil that was meant to produce a great harvest. If that soil was never touched and just laid still it would likely get settled and hardened. So how do you get that soil to bear much fruit? You plough it. The plough will upset the soil, turn it upside down, and make a mess of it. Only by shaking it up, by turning it over, and by causing some chaos, can the soil become loose, open, oxygenated, and ready to bear life and become fruitful. So don't panic when you encounter crises, problems, turmoil, or you're your life gets shaken up. It's all the ploughing of the Spirit. God is allowing your life to be turned over, not because He doesn't have a good purpose, but because He does. So rejoice and open yourself up, for every life that is ploughed by Him, will also be sown, and will overflow with His fruitfulness.

From Message #1357 - Plough