Lori fancies herself as somewhat of a green thumb. She has some plants in the backyard and throughout the house that she cares for to add some life to our home and property. She also plants tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers each spring. No matter the plant, she does not just get them and go on, she nurtures them with good soil, and food, and water and makes sure they have what they need to take root, and grow, and thrive. The LORD does the same with us once we have received Him.
“6Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” – Colossians 2:6-7 (ESV)
You see the LORD provided us with the place to put our roots, in Jesus. We have received Him into our lives, and all too often, we stop there. We look great now in Christ and are beautiful. We are have life and bring joy to others with our appearance. Yet, over time we will find ourselves withering a bit. We are in need of more, or are we.
It is not that we are in need of more, we just need to reach back into the good soil, and food, and water, and nutrients that the LORD has given to us, Jesus. We need to root ourselves in Jesus and His word. This is where we will grow and thrive. We will want for nothing else when we are fully dependent on Jesus. We are like the Christmas cactus, or the tomatoes, or the cucumbers, or the peppers, or the Texas Sage, we will show out with the fruit of the LORD at just the right moment when we are rooted in Jesus.
Lori painstakingly re-pots and nurtures the plants around our home to ensure they have what they need to thrive. The LORD does the same for us. He provided Jesus for us to root in and allow Him to feed us what we need to thrive. We are to be rooted in Christ and we will thrive for all to see.
Where are you rooting yourself? Are you one that has received and just expect all to work out? What if you rooted in Jesus knowing that He has all you need to thrive for all to see?
