“He hoed the soil and pulled the weeds, and planted the very best vines.
He built a lookout, built a winepress, a vineyard to be proud of.
He looked for a vintage yield of grapes,
but for all his pains he got junk grapes.”
Isaiah 5:2 (MSG)
What a beautiful story of God’s hand in our life. As I walked around the vineyards in Temecula I thought about how easy it is to become distracted—to take my eyes off God’s hand is in my life and to focus on what is right in front of me. This verse reminds me of how . . .
- He is there to “hoe the soil” . . . to make my heart fertile ground for His seeds to be planted in.
- He is there to “pull the weeds” . . . to remove the harmful aspects of my life that threaten to chock out the abundant life He gives us.
- He is there watching from a “lookout” He created in my life and He has “built a winepress” . . . to make the good fruit from my life nourishing to those around me.
He provides all we need to produce a “vintage yield of grapes”!
The choice is ours—do we stay connected to Him and produce good grapes or do we stubbornly insist on our own way and produce “junk grapes”?
I encourage you to set aside some time and take a walk with God.
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