It’s important to observe how the Word of God functions and its attendant results. In our text, God’s Word is likened to "rain" and "snow." Thus, the Word of God is what causes the earth to "bring forth and bud." The Word is what makes the earth productive. In the parable of the sower, which the Lord Jesus explained to His disciples, He compared the ground or earth to the heart of man: "And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word...they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred" (Mark 4:18-20). In other words, it’s the spirit of man that’s referred to as the earth in our opening verses. Therefore, it’s the human spirit that brings forth and buds when it makes contact with the Word, such that it gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater. As one who’s born again, your heart is a fertile ground for the Word. Therefore, every seed of God’s Word sown into your heart is expected to bring forth a harvest. Don’t expect seed and bread to come from anywhere else but your spirit! In you is the capacity to bring forth seed for sowing, and bread for food. In your spirit is victory over challenges, solution to problems, and health for all manner of sicknesses and diseases! Everything you need is inside you! God didn’t create you to be dependent on anything or anyone; He made you to be self-sufficient, requiring no external aid or support to live successfully in the earth. All you need do to enjoy this life of supersufficiency that God has brought you into is to guard your heart and walk by faith in God’s Word. Proverbs 4:23 says "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." Everything you’ll ever—possess and enjoy in this life will come from your heart, your spirit. Everything you are right now is a result of what you’ve put in your heart. Tend your heart, because that’s where your life results are from; out of your heart are the issues of life.