ROOTS!

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 377
May 15, 2018///

A couple of the gifts I got for Mother’s Day were flowers. One was a dozen red roses and the other a large mixed arrangement with orchids, roses, baby breath and many more amazing flowers.

I have changed the water and will continue to keep fresh water in these vases and I am enjoying them immensely!

However, I understand that in just a little while these cut flowers will die, and I will be forced to throw them out. Although some of them have not even opened yet they will open, and they will die. No matter how good I care for them, this is a fact.

The reason they will die is because they have no roots. Unlike flowers that are planted and may look like they are dead in the winter and then spring forth with new blooms in the summer, these flowers have no root, nothing to bring them back in bloom after they die.

They are beautiful, they smell wonderful and are great for a while, but they have no root, so they will not live.

May I compare that to many who say they are Christians and look good and Christian but have no root, so they do not last.

May I ask you this morning are you rooted and grounded in the word and in your relation to the Lord Jesus Christ?

Jesus said in Matthew 13:
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Matthew 13:20-21 (MSG)
20 “The seed cast in the gravel—this is the person who hears and instantly responds with enthusiasm.
21 But there is no soil of character, and so when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it.

I know that all of you who have been in church for any length of time know people who were blazing a trail for Jesus and wanted to be His ambassador and made some of our enthusiasm pale in comparison to theirs. But you have also seen that in a little while they are backing off or completely gone.

Why??? The seed fell on ground that was not allowed to be broken up by the Holy Spirit so that the seeds could get deep and produce roots that will stand the test of time.

Just as the trees and plants with good roots go through season, so our life goes through seasons and it may look at times that we are producing nothing. But if our roots are deep and our trust is in the Creator God of the universe, when the difficulty and the storms arise we may bend but we will not break.

If our roots are deep we will call forth the Word of Almighty God that we know and declare that: “If God is for us who can be against us!” and “No weapon formed against us will prosper”.

We will come through with our Faith in tact and our roots stronger than ever!

We will be like another seed Jesus talked about in Matthew 13:
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Matthew 13:23 (MSG)
“The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.”

What has the seed of the Word of God produces in you? May we allow the Holy Spirit to prepare our hearts as we study and hear His word so that we will grow deep roots. The Holy Spirit, if allowed, will break up our hard hearts so the seed can get deep and bring forth fruit.

May I encourage you to have a consistent Bible Study plan and ask the Holy Spirit to prepare your heart each time you open the Word, so the seed will fall on good ground.

May I encourage you every time you attend church or listen to a preacher on TV, Radio, or internet, to ask the Holy Spirit to prepare your ground to receive the word spoken.

Let your roots grow deep!!
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Father God, maker of heaven and earth, I come in the name of your Son Jesus Christ and I ask you to touch me in my innermost being. Soften the hard parts of my heart and let the seed of your Word find good ground in which to grow and produce strong and deep roots. I am your ambassador here on earth but to fulfill your plan for me I need deep roots. Bless all who read this, and may they determine to let their roots grow deep. Amen

Have an amazing week! Love, MeMaw