MDT has been challenging so far, learning to dig up things in our past that we have buried and give them to God.
After one very challenging lecture I felt God give me an image of him as a gardener which I want to share with you.
Before we are saved we are like dry, infertile soil - dead - and just below the surface lies all the junk we've buried, hoping it will never be found. Then when we find Jesus, our Gardener. He comes along and turns the soil, exposing all the junk we've buried. and like a good gardener, He removes all the junk and fills those gaps with fertilizer. The fertilizer is his Grace. As the fertilizer mixes with the infertile soil which has been polluted by junk, the soil slowly becomes fertile, ready for growth.
He then plants a seed in the now fertile soil, and through constant nourishment, the seed begins to grow ... and grow ... and grow, until one day it is a tree and bears fruit for everyone to see.
Psalm 1:3 - He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
I sure can relate to this Kyle .. being married to Danie, the farmer. He constantly toils the lands, gives it all the necessary fertilizers and elements that his crops need to be able to produce a good harvest. We must allow Him to dig up our lands, and we must allow the water of the Holy Spirit to give growth. Blessings!
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