Dry Ground
Isaiah 44:3 (King James Version)
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
We are living in a time in history that has never been before. A time that is as wicked as any time before. A time when the land in which we live is dry spiritually. We need a good soaking rain, a flood from God. The dry ground is a symptom of the problem.
I)Barren
A)Nothing will Grow on Dry Ground
B)Lack of Spiritual Blessings
John 15:16 (King James Version)
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Galatians 5:22-23 (King James Version)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
II)Hard
A)A Christian can get in this condition
1)uncaring
2)indifferent
3)unconcerned
Jeremiah 5:23-31 (King James Version)
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, thatgiveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
III)Unworkable
Jeremiah 18:6 (King James Version)
6 …….Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand,…..
A)Cracks
B)Dusty
IV)Unprofitable
A)Good for Nothing
B)Useless
C)Purposeless
Matthew 25:30 (King James Version)
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Psalms 63:1 (King James Version)
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms 68:5 (King James Version)
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.