BREAK UP THE HARD GROUND

BREAK UP THE HARD GROUND. [WHEN REVIVAL REACHES THE HEART] HOSEA 10:12; JOEL 2:12–13; Galatians 6:7-8 KJV God's command through Hosea is direct: "Break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD." Fallow ground is ground capable of producing a harvest but left uncultivated until it becomes hard and unproductive. The same can happen spiritually when pride, bitterness, complacency, hidden sin, or repeated resistance hardens a believer's heart.Hosea contrasts sowing righteousness and reaping mercy with plowing wickedness and reaping iniquity. The message closes with Hebrews 3:15: "To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts." The revival prayer is: "Lord, break up the hard ground in me. Let Your plow go deep, and when the ground is ready—send the rain."