Monday, October 12, 2026 · KJV DEVOTIONAL
Break Up the Fallow Ground
Hosea 10–12
“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD.”
Hosea 10:12 KJV
TODAY’S DEVOTION
Fallow ground is not useless ground; it is ground left hard and unworked. God calls His people to seek Him until hardened places are opened again to righteousness and mercy. Do not confuse spiritual familiarity with spiritual fruitfulness. The Lord can soften what neglect has hardened when we respond with repentance, prayer, and obedient faith.
GO DEEPER
Context for careful reading.
דָּרַשׁ · dāraš · H1875
Dāraš means to seek, inquire, or pursue. The command makes seeking the LORD an active, sustained response.
Hosea 10–12 joins judgment with God’s persistent call to return, seek Him, keep mercy and judgment, and wait on Him.
RESPOND
Make room for devotion and prayer.
What truth will you carry from this passage into the day?