DEEP ROOTS
…He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul…
…They are like trees planted along a riverbank with roots that reach deep into the water. (Abundant water)
…Water made the roots grow, Living Water!
…and the dew will lie all night on my branches…
How are your roots?
It benefits me to have my roots grow deep in God. To have thirsty roots that dig, dig deep. Searching for the Living Water to feed and refresh my soul. To have the Father kiss me, love me as the dew kisses the leaves in the morning.
I don’t want a tree with shallow roots. That the wind may do to it as it pleases, blowing my tree hither and yon, and uprooting me. Or worse, a tree withered from the roots, cursed, where there is no fruit.
Nor, a tree that doesn’t bear fruit. This is such tragedy and waste to the Kingdom. We are meant to BEAR FRUIT and prosper! The husbandman prunes away all that doesn’t bear fruit.
How is your soil?
He has planted me in good soil! He expects Harvest from me- He expects to reap a good harvest in me & from me. He gave me all I need to produce fruit. To accomplish in me the best of all of Him.
God is a God of abundance! It is He who provides for me so I can bear good fruit! It is He who provides this Living Water.
One may ask, where do I get this Living Water?
He is the Lord! Matter of fact, Jesus told the woman at the well, “I am He.” It is the Lord who refreshes the soul by believing Him. He promises us that Living Water will flow from within us! To the one who can’t believe or don’t believe, doing life your own way, this is what the scripture says about you… “you have made your own cisterns.” They are worthless, broken, and can not hold water. You have “done life” your way, purposely leaving God out of it. Unfortunately, there is no life in a broken cistern. You need the Vine! To be grafted in, and be part of the Vine is simply abiding in the Vine. Without the vine, the plant perishes and is only fit for the fire pit.
It is the Shepherd that leads us to the living water: Himself. Don’t forsake Him! Don’t live a life broken. Allow God to wash through you with His Holy Spirit allowing refreshment go all the way to your roots that seek, seek, seek our God for refreshment; Himself.
Seek the Kingdom- YOU seek the Kingdom of God…FIRST. Allow God to work through your seeking. Allow Him to send His word to perform and accomplish all He wants, and prosper His Word everywhere He sends it., in you.
Ask God to send His Word to you- to grow you IN Him. To open His revelation of Himself to you. Ask our Lord, to lead you beside the waters. To plant you and to bless your roots to have them go even deeper as you seek, seek, seek the Lord with all you have. To love Him with all you have inside of you. To never let go of this Wonderful and Glorious God who is so loving and giving to you and I. Don’t live a life broken, and doing it on your own. But live free in the Lord!
Do not allow your beautiful tree to be mastered by the weather conditions! Breaking you up, tearing you, or worse, uprooting you. But relying on our Heavenly Father to feed you, water you, fertilize you IN HIM, so you can be everything He expects of you.
The secret is: YOU have to WANT it. You have to want God. Trusting Him in every aspect of your life.
You probably tire of reading this over and over again, but your blessings will only come as you trust in, rely upon and believe in your God, Almighty God, only God, nothing else. Knowing that He is our provider!
To the unfortunate who are broken cisterns, God even provides the clay for your cistern. He would prefer your life in Him, instead of your life alone with your un masterful hands only digging and digging for naught. But you are not left out. God loves you! He sent His Son Jesus for you. It is He in Psalm 23 that is talking to you. All the goodness of God belongs to you- STOP BEING BLIND, DEAF & FOOLISH, broken cistern! God is the master of the clay. He can and wants to re-build you up. You are not master of your life, God is! He is still taking care of your foolish soul to your last breath. Stop gambling your life away. Live free in God. Stop messing with your tree! Too many branches have been broken off- that will not regrow. To many lifeless branches of waste have been thrown in the fire. What is left? Your root? Is it healthy? Are you bearing fruit? Good fruit?
God is not mediocre. Nor, is God stingy. He has the B E S T for you, waiting for you to grab onto. His hand is outstretched to you, will you grab His hand and allow Him to lead you beside peaceful waters?
Lord, I know this message is for the believer and unbeliever too. I pray in Jesus name that you stir us up IN You. That we will appreciate the peaceful waters and living streams that flow though and in us as we search for You, and love You with all we have. It is You who keep us healthy. You provide all we need in this life to have good strong roots. Good deep roots. Where drought can not touch us. Fire can not burn us. Or the heat of the sun make us wither and die. No! We have You, and depend on You for everything! And we thank You, Abba. You are so generous to us. Thank you for the underground springs that cause life, and more abundant life for us, every day, because You love us.
Help us Lord, and bless our faith in You today, and every day that we draw breath.
Thank you for your Kiss.
In Jesus name, I pray.
Amen Jesus!
p.s. "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."John 7:38
((Don’t you just LOVE GOD???))
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