Hosea 10:12
12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground;
for it is time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
I don’t know many farmers who sow righteousness in their fields. Corn, soybeans, sunflowers, wheat, yes. But not righteousness.
Of course this is meant to be an analogy. We sow the righteousness in the world – or in our hearts – and we reap the steadfast love. It is time, Hosea says, to break up the fallow ground. Fallow ground is land that has been allowed to not be planted for a period of time, in order to restore its fertility. It is land that has rested and not been productive. But now it is time to plant the seeds of righteousness so that steadfast love might flourish. It is time to seek the Lord.
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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