Devotional for Saturday, May 25, 2018
“…and You Will Yield”
“The value of the field is in the yield.
The hard stone does not yield.”
Arthur Burt
Oh that our hearts would remain broken and humbled that the great words of our Lord are able to take root and yield its eternal potential. The psalmist cried out in one of the psalms… “Oh God! Create in me a clean heart!” I believe as this is the cry of our heart we will be able to recognize when we are resisting the work of our Lord in our hearts. There are many reasons that hearts get hardened but the important thing to know as a believer is if we are diligently guarding our hearts that this will not happen. Our Lord spoke in simple stories to deliver profound truths about the Kingdom of God. This portion of scripture describes the different conditions of one’s heart and how it affects the yield of the Word in us. Let us read…
“You then, hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one having been sown along the road. “The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. Yet he has no root himself but lasts only a short while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away. “But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. “Now the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands. He indeed bears fruit, yielding a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.” Matthew 1318-23 TLV
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season; Its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].”
(AMP)
These scriptures show the simplicity of how to live before God with a heart that yields according to His plan and will for our life. Delight in God‘s Word, and meditate upon it, be a doer and we will be blessed. We will be firmly planted and continually fed as we draw upon the Living Water. We will absolutely yield fruit, and our leaves will always be green and flourishing. Whatever we put our hands to will not only prosper but will come to maturity and we will be a field of great value to our Lord.