Real? or Repetitive?

This Sunday I am preaching at my church for the Sunday morning service. I have been praying for awhile on what i wanted to speak on. I kept coming back to Matthew 13 and the parable of the sower. Through preparing for this message and digging into the true meaning behind this parable, my eyes were opened. Opened not only to the meaning of the soils Jesus described, but to which soil I felt I best represented. I wanted to believe I was the good soil. The soil that was perfect for Spiritual growth and maturity. However I found myself thinking, "Is my heart truly prepared to receive God's Word daily. I found myself in a "spiritual" rut. Devotions had become more repetitive than real. Do we really want to being doing devotions because it is the right thing to do? Do we do them because we have heard preachers say we are supposed to? I believe if we are not careful we get into the habit of praying or reading God's Word without thinking about what we are saying or reading. God want's us all to be real, not repetitive. I pray that every time I open God's Word for devotions or go to Him in prayer that I come to Him being real and not just because I feel obligated.