Negative thoughts are seeds that are sown onto fallow ground. What will they produce? Weed seeds. Hosea 10:12-13 says, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness on you.You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your own way…”

Our way always opposes God’s way. That is one of the reasons the enemy shoots fiery dart lies. If we don’t block them, they will penetrate and seed themselves into our heart. Then he is able to begin to negatively influence our thoughts. His goal is to destroy our faith.

In Ephesians 6: Paul listed God’s armor to help us to stand and to keep on standing. Our shield of faith ~ note it is faith ~ that quenches the fiery dart lies. It all begins with the soil of our hearts. If there is fallow ground, that is where the dart will land to set up an internal stronghold.