A little acid might just do the trick

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. (Galatians 6:7-8)

We've discussed many times how actions have consequences. We reap one seed and expect some other harvest to come from it. That's just plain silly - a seed is meant to reproduce, but of its 'own kind'. For this very reason, we need to be mindful of the seed we sow. Soil matters, too, for bad soil with good seed is just 'wasted seed'. Good soil and good seed have the potential to produce a 'bumper crop', especially when both are in the hands of God. There are some 'practices' we engage in over and over again that consistently produce good harvests. Things like taking time in his word, worshipping him, and sharing life with others in the faith are never wasted 'seed'. They also serve to keep the 'soil' of our hearts in tip-top condition.

It is never 'fruitless' to engage in activities that help us to grow or that create an environment that actually assists others to grow. We cannot overestimate the value of what we could label as 'spiritual actions' that God commands us to take. In other words, when God says something, we are to act upon it because those actions either prepare the soil or they are the seed that will produce much fruit within our lives. The more we resist these 'actions', the poorer the condition of our heart's soil will become. I live in Arizona and the caliche soil here makes it very difficult to plant fruit-bearing plants or trees. The soil has to go through a lot of 'amendment' or 'conditioning' before it is ready for the plant. In much the same way, the soil of our heart needs 'amending' or 'conditioning' in order to receive the seed.

The 'calcium carbonate' in our soil here actually a good thing in small quantities. It is the effect it has on the silt, sand, gravel and clay in our soil that isn't all that good. It actually works to 'bind' all those together, making the soil rather 'solid' and impenetrable. We have to acidify the soil, add things like mulch, and then work to break it up in order to plant things. Sometimes there is a little 'acid' needed in order to break up the hardness of our heart's soil. Don't be surprised when God goes after 'solidified' areas of your heart - he is doing it because the seed stands no chance until he does! Just sayin...