TIME FOR A SOIL CHECK

1 Peter 1:23 NKJV having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

I don’t know about you, but I love looking at all the apple and cherry blossom on the trees at the minute. We came across this blossom at the weekend in an old orchard and I could imagine all the lovely fruit it will produce in the autumn.

Somebody planted an apple pip many years ago and now this tree is big and flourishing but it all started with a little seed.😊

Peter talks about God’s word being incorruptible seed which doesn’t die, or decay with age, and when it’s planted deep into our hearts it can't be destroyed, it’s everlasting. It has transforming power that can regenerate the human spirit and we all need some of that every day to keep us alive spiritually or to be born again.

We can be encouraged today because, no matter how small the seed is that we’re planting in our own lives or in others’ lives, those good seeds will produce worthwhile fruit one day.😊

Jesus spoke about the word of God being a seed planted in different soils but the only one that produced any good fruit was the soil of a heart that was willing and prepared to receive it. 

It reminds me of a plum tree we had which originally produced some lovely plums, but we had to keep checking for bugs. Eventually those bugs did devour the tree and finally one year we had to dig it up as it stopped producing any fruit!

Now and again we may need to do a soil check in our own hearts and see if it’s become a bit hard, or a bit cluttered with the bugs of the cares and worries of life, or too busy with life to have time to absorb it. We need to see whether it’s soft enough to plant new seeds, to let God’s seeds, His words, sink deep down so they take root and produce some lovely everlasting fruit. 

So I’m just off to do a soil check. How about you?😊