It’s cherry blossom season. As I drive around town, I see more and more of them in bloom. It’s a beautiful sight, especially when there are many trees together.
The state of the blooms depends on many factors. Particular microclimates can have their effects as the tree receives more or less warmth and sunlight. How well-tended and rooted the tree is makes a difference. A poorly placed, less well-rooted tree is less healthy than a well-rooted, well-tended one.
It’s a truth that has spiritual parallels. Psalm 1 is one of the Scriptures that speaks of being well-rooted.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law[ of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Psalm 1
We are in the second week of Lent, which has a theme of “trusting in God vs trusting in the world.” The church historically concentrates on selected readings from Jeremiah and Luke. It asks in essence, “Where are you rooted?”
Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, or it does not cease to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:5-8
As we travel the road from Palm Sunday towards our Lord’s death, burial, and resurrection, it’s a perfect time to consider our roots.
Are you rooted in the Word and Spirit, or are you anchored to the world? Are you born again but trying to live the old life? God knows your heart. Your life shows the fruit (or lack thereof).
I pray you are well rooted and growing in the Lord.
Be blessed
Kevin
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