Good Crop

Farming, even gardening, isn’t my “thing.”  I’ve written about my poor skills at growing things before – well, nothing’s changed.  The only garden I’ve ever cultivated well was a rock garden, and I had the best stand of rocks around these parts!

 

Cultivating a healthy spiritual life is no small task.  Just like weeds and insects threaten a garden, sin left unattended mar the life of a Christian.  Neglect of prayer, study, meditation, worship and fellowship in a Believer’s life doesn’t end well.  Paul wrote to the Believers at Colossae, “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Colossians 1:9-10).  To walk in a “manner worthy” doesn’t just happen – we can’t wish or dream it to be so; it happens when we weed the garden. In front of our house are fields of soy beans, soon ready for harvest; scattered among the beans is pigweed, which will pollute the harvest of beans.  In much the same way it is a sinful heart that defiles a person (Mark 7:23).  It is sin that hinders us from being all God wants us to be!  Now, that rock garden was magnificent, but funny thing – rocks don’t bloom.  Let me encourage you to cultivate Christ in your heart, allowing the Spirit to produce His beauty within.  It’s a sure way to have a good spiritual crop!