Coming out of church last Sunday, I noticed my favorite tree in Aztec…the one across the street in Park Avenue’s playground. It’s beautiful. Large, thick branches full of shimmering green leaves. A trunk so massive, it makes one stop in wonder, …and this day it made me wonder, “I bet a tree that magnificent has incredibly deep roots.” That’s when the Holy Spirit reminded me of us, His people. We are to have incredibly deep roots, too.
Psalm 1 declares, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.” …and here it is… “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”
We are to be planted firm in His soil, His Word. We are to love His Word and find joy in it, to think about it “day and night”. The deeper we dig into His Word…the more we put His Word into practice, the firmer our roots are in His soil. Circumstances will come—the winds of life, the rains, the storms, the floods, the droughts…, but our roots in Him will remain.
Today, ask God to give you a deep love for His word and the heart to faithfully walk out its commands.
–Katie Botello
