[:en]ROOTED IN GOD
Prophet Jeremiah related the image of trees flourishing and perishing to God’s people who either trust in the Lord or ignore His ways. Those who follow God will send their roots into soil near water and will bear fruit (Jer. 17:8), but those who follow their own hearts will be like a bush in the desert (Jer. 17:5-6). The prophet yearns that God’s people would rely on the true and living God, that they would be “a tree planted by the water” (Jer. 17:8)
The “Father is the gardener” (John 15:1) and that in Him we can trust and have confidence (Jer. 17:7). May we follow Him with our whole heart ao that we can flourish and bear fruits that last. – by (Amy Boucher Pye)[:]