Plowing the field of the heart also needs to be planted gently with the seed of the Gospel of Christ.

Isaiah 28:23-29

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“Give ear and hear my voice, listen and hear my speech. Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?” Isaiah 28:23-24

The Spirit of the Lord wants us to pay attention to what He says about plowing the field and planting seed. For us today, this refers to the field of the mind, heart and soul, with the seed being the seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus gives us the parable of the sower as spoken in Matthew 13:1-23

There is more to farming the field than just plowing, turning the soil, and breaking up the clumps. We can all imagine what our agriculture would be if farmers only plowed and prepared the soil without planting seed or doing anything else. As we see in the next verse, that is why Isaiah asks, “Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?”

As followers of Jesus Christ, we know there is much more to planting the seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ then just plowing, turning the soil, and breaking up clumps within the heart, soul, and mind. If we were constantly trying to change the thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors of people, without planting the seed of Jesus Christ, where would the blossoms of the fruit of the Holy Spirit be? We would be nothing more than a secular counselor, a person of friendly advice, someone filled with good works but not serving Jesus Christ. We would be among those who have a form of Godliness but denying the power of the Gospel of Christ. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9

We live in a culture today that constantly plows, turns the soil, and breaks up the clumps within the heart mind and soul of people. However, they are doing nothing to plant the seed that blossoms in the spirit with the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Their plowing and breaking the clumps feels more like verbal affliction, nagging, abuse, and opposition of every type. “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit; The poison of asps is under their lips; Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; Destruction and misery are in their ways; And the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Romans 3:13-18

The purpose of today’s culture in plowing the field of the human heart is to remove belief in God the Creator, to rid the people of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and to break up the presence of the Holy Spirit in a person’s life. They work as “farmers” to plant the seed of the beast into what people say, do, think, and feel. They “farm” for the beast that has power over physiology to give people what to speak, do, think, and feel. The beast gives breath/life to the image of the beast to speak by speaking and living through people everywhere. By what people are given to say and do, the yare conformed to the mark, name, number of the beast.

“When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow the black cummin and scatter the cummin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?” Isaiah 28:25

That verse answers the question of, “Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?” The answer would be that it’s also necessary to plant the seed.

Black cumin is known to be used as a medicine, and known to be made into oil, and has a slightly bitter taste. The seed is black. Cumin is a common spice, known for a warm and earthly taste. The seed is brownish yellow. Cumin was used by the Pharisees as an offering to God, along with mint and anise, as quoted, “For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith…”Matthew 23:23 Wheat and barley are the same as what we know today. Spelt was a grain used in making bread, being nutritional and and high in protein and fiber, “Also take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself.” Ezekiel 4:9

As followers of Jesus Christ, we know there is more work to be done than just trying to adjust the attitudes, mind, and emotions of an individuals. There are seeds to be planted to enable a person to live in the spirit, to allow the fruit of the Holy Spirit to blossom within a person. There are seeds of spiritual healing to be planted, Jesus heals, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalms 147:3 There is the warmth of an earthly flavor to be planted in Jesus Christ, “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6 There is the seed of the Bread of Life of to be planted, “And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” John 6:35

The beast [that gives people what to speak, do, think, and feel] is not able to exist in the presence of the Holy Spirit and intends to destroy Christ Jesus who gives the Holy Spirit. Those who live for the beast say and do things to work against the presence of the Holy Spirit in a person’s life. They do not want spiritual healing to happen within a person, but intends to harden the human spirit against the Spirit of Christ. They despise the warmth, compassion, and mercy found at the Cross of Jesus Christ. They despise people feeding on the word of God, feasting on the Bread of Life, and filling with the Gospel seed.

“For He instructs him in right judgment, his God teaches him.” Isaiah 28:26

For a farmer to be instructed in right judgment means to understand how to plow, turn the soil, break up clumps, and plant seed in a field. The people of the Old Testament knew how to farm the land because God was their teacher.

God teaches us about farming the field of the human heart. The Holy Spirit, through Paul. describes the fruit that we should anticipate, “…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Galatians 5:22-25 We are also taught that each person has a role in farming the field of the heart, “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.” 1 Corinthians 3:5-8

Our Lord Jesus shares revelations about sowing the field, as quoted below,

 “Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”…“Therefore hear the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23

“For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin; But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick, and the cummin with a rod.” Isaiah 28:27

In the days of Bible, the process for separating the seed from the plant itself was to thresh it. Threshing was a process of breaking the plant down to extract the seed or grain. That involved using instruments to separate the seed from the plant. Those instruments would be like a stick or other type of rod. It wasn’t necessary to use a sledge hammer or a heavy cartwheel on the black cumin nor on the cumin.

The difference between a sledge hammer and a stick, or a cartwheel and a rod, is the difference between a gentle process and a harsh one. When we plant the field of the human heart with the testimony of Jesus Christ, we do it with the gentleness and meekness of the Holy Spirit. We do not rely on power and might of strong words or behaviors, but we rely on the Spirit of God, as quoted, “‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.” Zachariah 4:6 Christ Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

The culture of today, as they serve the beast that gives them what to say, do, feel, and think, are harsh in their attitude against we who choose Jesus Christ over the beast. They use the “sledge hammer” and “cartwheel” to try to separate us from living for God, through Jesus Christ, in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

“Bread flour must be ground; Therefore he does not thresh it forever, break it with his cartwheel, or crush it with his horsemen.” Isaiah 28:28

Grain of wheat had to be ground into flour to make bread, so it wasn’t necessary to thresh it forever, just enough to release the grain from the plant itself. It wasn’t necessary to break the grain excessively with a cartwheel nor to crush it with the weight of the horsemen.

The grain is symbolic for the word of God, which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and is made the Bread of Life within us as we digest Him into our heart, mind, and soul. As followers of Jesus Christ, it’s not necessary for us to be dogmatic and overbearing in presenting Jesus to others. The grain is made into flour, giving rise to the Bread of Life within others, by the Holy Spirit, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:5-8 Jesus Christ says, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened…Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. ” Matthew 13:33, Matthew 16:16-17

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:44-46

“This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.” Isaiah 28:29

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11