First, do whatever work is
necessary to build depth into your life. Address the
character issues; are you a person of integrity, honesty, admitting your
failures and learning from them, developing unselfish motives in serving
others, recognizing and minimizing the distractions that keep you from growing,
paying attention to why you do what you do?
Are you taking regular time for reflection about the quality of your
inner life, about your thought patterns, your feelings and emotions, your
desires, your joys and sorrows? Do you carve out space to stop the busyness and
be in solitude and quiet, times to just be? Do you take the time to regularly
evaluate your goals and dreams, your priorities, and how your actions and
behaviors and choices are either facilitating or detracting from them? Are you
intentional about building relationships with others who can support you, hold
you accountable, and encourage you toward your potential; people with whom you
can be completely transparent about your struggles and temptations and
pitfalls? Are you paying attention to what’s “below the waterline” of your
life?
Second, make use of the
resources God provides in this process. What does
this mean? What are God’s available resources? In our story, think about what
the farmer offers to the seeds. (1) He plants the seed in the soil. In other
words, he offers the seed a place for growth and maturation. (2) He develops
the soil into a cultivated, fertile environment for the seed conducive for
abundance. (3) He uses external sources and forces to bring about a rich
harvest. With that in mind, consider what God is willing to do for us in our
journey toward wholeness and fruitfulness.
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