"This is what the LORD says: Make this valley full of ditches." - 2 Kings 3:16 niv When I was growing up 45 miles south of St. Louis my dad often had a few cows & pigs for the meat and a small garden even though I wouldn't classify it as farming. I have a great deal of respect for those who make their living from the process of farming. When we think about farming it's most often about the harvest. It's when we drive by those fields that where the corn stalks are 6 feet tall that we even recognize that someone has been tending that field.
If there have ever been people of faith, it's farmers. Because they know that the end result of their work starts long before their season of harvest. It began during the winter season when everything died and the ground replenished. The harvest is dependent upon the season of preparation, the season of nurturing, and then the harvest comes. I've never met a farmer yet who believe they could expect a harvest without first doing the hard work before. Harvest is impossible without first sowing the seed.
That's what God was saying through the prophet Elisha in 2 Kings 3:16. God said, "Dig a ditch! THEN watch me fill it up!" What area of your life do you need God to produce a harvest in? What issue are you facing that will never be resolved with out the intervention of God? DIG A DITCH! Only God can make it rain, but you can dig a ditch! Give God a place to fill up with his blessing, wisdom, provision, and power!
Have a GREAT day!
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