Cultivate Your Heart

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God 

A Christ follower knows that, at any given moment, the condition of the heart is what determines his/her response to God’s Word. For example, if your heart has been trampled, and is hardened by bitterness and an unforgiving spirit, you will find it much more difficult to hear God when He speaks to you. If your heart is like shallow soil, you may get a fleeting view of God’s truths, but they can’t take root, making a real difference in your actions. Likewise, if you are more concerned about acquiring the riches in life, then your pursuits will prevent the Word from producing quality fruit in your life. A properly cultivated heart receives and applies God’s Word, which in due season will produce an abundant harvest of fruit. 

The big question before us is how do we cultivate the heart? Here are a few ideas: 

Repent of any bitterness, unforgiveness, anger, or any sin for that matter, that is hardening your heart.

Seek God and ask Him to thoroughly search your heart, and to point out the weeds that choke out your growth. 

Begin to take active steps to cultivate your heart with spiritual disciplines, with the likes of: prayer, fasting, meditation, solitude, humility, service and others. 

Sow seeds of righteousness and you will soon see fruit fit for the kingdom. Cultivate your life in Christ — and He will produce His fruit through you.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Hosea 10:12