Planting

Isaiah 17:10-12 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

The first words of warning are key here. Forgotten is not forsaken. You can forget without going into outright rebellion. This is a clear warning about what you plant in your forgetfulness. It might not be much more than a thought planted in your mind. In doing so, did you not know that seed would grow, take root and produce grief and sorrow?

James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Can you see it? Conception, growth, fruit, and the undesirable end. The conception more often comes from forgetfulness than outright desire.

Deuteronomy 32:37-39 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Do not get lost in your forgetfulness.

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