The Garden - Part 2

Continuing from my last blog on gardening - HERE

• If you don’t get the roots the weeds will grow again – you can break them off, but they will grow again…and again…and again. They seem to be able to grown from anything – broken roots, a leaf that falls, a neighbor looking at you the wrong way...anything at all

Sin is the same way – it grows easily from any little thing. We must take it all out – root and all in order to stop it from taking hold

• Weeds will come up much easier after a big rain – the ground is softer and the weeds come up by the roots

When we receive more and more of the Holy Spirit, the sins in our lives come out more easily

• Some weeds look nice, or have beautiful flowers (like the mustard plant), but they will eventually destroy the garden. A weed is a weed no matter what name we call it, or how beautiful it looks

Some sins might look good on the outside, but they are dangerous – they will take over our lives if given half a chance

• It is possible to cover your garden with protective layers of plastic or mulch – but…the weeds can grow through the plastic or mulch as they reach for the sun (they are pesky beggars) or they will settle on top of the plastic with their shallow roots only needing a small amount of soil or dirt that seems to settle there over time. Weeds are looking for sunlight – just like all your other plants

Sin doesn’t need deep, rich soil – anything will do and any barrier to it’s existence can be overcome. Give your heart lots of SONlight – it is an antiseptic for the weeds!!

• The longer they grow the harder the roots are to get out. They can grow quickly and become established deep in the ground. It is much easier to deal with weeds when they are young and before they go to seed. Once the seeds come, those weeds will be multiplied throughout your garden!

Sin’s roots can grow deep into the soil of our hearts if we neglect them when they are young. It is also much easier to dig sin out of our lives when it first shows itself – don’t let it become established, and especially don’t let it get to the mature stage where it is able to reproduce itself throughout the garden of your heart

• Another thing about mature weeds is that they can destroy the roots of your flowers and vegetables

Sin can take over and destroy the fruit in your life

• Weeds love to grow in cracks in concrete and other unusual places

Sin has a way of finding any crack in your spiritual armor, and settling in for the long haul

• As you grab weeds in your hand, you can’t deal with too many at one time. They fall out and start over in another place

Take care of your sins carefully – one at a time. Don’t try to “grab handfuls” of faults at one time – allow the Lord to point out the things that need to be dealt with each day

• A great key to keeping weeds at bay is to cultivate the soil regularly. This means disturbing the soil through digging and turning it over – the weeds don’t get a chance to take root if you continue to do this

In my last post, I mentioned the verse in Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. If we keep turning over the soil of our hearts and don’t allow it to get hard, we will keep the weeds away

• If you reduce the space between your flowers or vegetables, you will give weeds less space to grow.

The more good fruit you grow in your heart, the less space there will be for sin

Song of Solomon 4:16 THE SHULAMITE Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices \may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden And eat its pleasant fruits.

Spiritually speaking it is always the season for sowing - ask the Lord for seeds of righteousness to sow into your life.

Prov. 11:18 The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.




Enjoy your garden - Appreciate the good fruit that comes from diligent gardening and all the hard work - especially in the garden of your heart!