Is your life cluttered with the thorny ground of worldliness?
Mosaic of the 12 Tribes of Israel. From Givat Mordechai synagogue wall in Jerusalem. Top row, right to left: Reuben, Judah, Dan, Asher Middle: Simeon, Issachar, Naphtali, Joseph Bottom: Levi, Zebulun, Gad, Benjamin (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem , Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns." ( Jeremiah 4:3 ) Fallow ground is ground that has been plowed and readied for sowing, but then is withheld and allowed to lie useless and unproductive. God , through His prophet, had to rebuke His people, not only because they had left their prepared ground unused, but because they were actually sowing their seed on thorn-choked ground. That is, they were turning to idols and forsaking God. The word "fallow" occurs one other time in the Bible and to the same effect: " Sow to yourselves in righteousness , reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righ