Be Devoted: Living A Life That Can GrowSample

Living a Life That Can Grow  

Over the summer, my husband and I traveled from sea to shining sea and back. Boy, did we see lots of farmland along the way. It’s amazing how much of our country is dedicated to growing crops. We saw field after field of food being cultivated in every imaginable space. It was a beautiful sight, but one thing I noticed was if the fields were not maintained and kept actively producing crops, they very quickly returned to their previously wild state. 

Kingdom living can be very much like these fields. 

If we are going to prevent our old worldly ways from creeping back in, it’s important to keep our lives in the state of readiness for planting, growing, and harvesting. I have witnessed weeds take over when individuals don’t do the things that feed them spiritually. Little by little, they stop following Jesus and wander back to the things they once did before they met Him. I guess for the sake of our analogy, they became lazy farmers thinking they would harvest a good crop regardless of their input to the process. 

So, what does it take to keep our lives weed free? 

For the farmer, it is constant maintenance of the land. He must pay attention to what’s happening and take measures to retain good growing conditions for the crops in his fields. I am not exactly sure what methods the farmer uses, but when it comes to life maintenance, maybe a peek at what the early church did might give us some tools that will keep ours in good shape.

What comes to mind when you think about maintaining a healthy Christian lifestyle?