You must cultivate deep spiritual roots. \u2018Blessed are those who trust in the Lord\u2026 They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by\u2026 heat or worried by\u2026 months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.\u2019<\/i> (Jeremiah\u00a017:7\u20138\u00a0NLT) This Scripture gives you one reason why you need deep spiritual roots: to make it through the rough times\u2014times of heat and drought. <\/p>\n
Solomon said, \u2018No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs\u00a012:3\u00a0NIV) It\u2019s when seasons of adversity hit your life that you discover what you\u2019re \u2018rooted\u2019 to: God\u2019s strength or merely your own. <\/p>\n
When the Bible speaks of \u2018heat\u2019<\/i>, it\u2019s speaking about the pressures of life. When it speaks about \u2018drought\u2019<\/i>, it\u2019s speaking about seasons of crisis and lack. What\u2019s the answer? \u2018Roots that reach deep into the water.\u2019<\/i> What\u2019s the result? \u2018They never stop producing fruit.\u2019<\/i> <\/p>\n
Because of their roots, the giant redwoods of Northern California can withstand the major forest fires. If you were to measure the roots of a large oak tree, they would total several hundred kilometres. That\u2019s why they\u2019re stable in the storms of life. Paul writes this: \u2018I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God\u2019s love and keep you strong\u2026 you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.\u2019<\/i> (Ephesians\u00a03:16\u201319\u00a0NLT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You must cultivate deep spiritual roots. \u2018Blessed are those who trust in the Lord\u2026 They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by\u2026 heat or worried by\u2026 months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.\u2019 (Jeremiah\u00a017:7\u20138\u00a0NLT) This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}