The wise farmer prepares the ground before sowing his seeds. The soil must be made ready to receive the seeds. That requires preparing the soil. Then the farmer plants the seeds and waters the seeds sown and in there season they grow and produce a harvest.
Now imagine a field of weeds and the farmer sowing the seeds and not watering them. One must remove the weeds, prepare the soil, sow the seeds and water them.
Now picture one's heart as the soil, Christ as the farmer and sower, the seed as the word of God and the water as the Holy Spirit.
