We’ve been undergoing a drought in our part of the country. While there have been some scattered thunderstorms, some locally heavy, it has been a couple of weeks since we had any measurable rain up on the ridge where I live. The grass is really brown, lake levels are dropping, and many of the trees in the area are beginning to show stress due to lack of water. When school got out at the end of May, Chattanooga (not far from where I live) was about 15 inches below normal in rainfall.
Much of the terrain around here is either red clay or ridges of limestone or chert covered with a thin layer of soil. None o
f these provide conditions for growing deep roots. And if the trees can’t draw water from down deep at times like this, the leaves begin to shrivel and fall. Driving home from school today I noticed a number of trees that were showing bare branches higher up. We really need a good soaking rain so whatever roots the trees have can draw in the water.
If the tree is able to send its roots down deep when water conditions are good, it is likely to withstand the stress of hot, dry days. That is sort of like our experience with faith.
When things are really going well for you or me, how much credit, thanks and praise do we give the Lord for the good times? I think it is important to recognize His role in provid
ing for us when we don’t have problems. It builds up faith that we can draw on when the times get rough. If we start taking the Lord for granted, our “faith” roots won’t/can’t draw from deep down to see us through when trials really come along.
Don’t let the devil shrivel up your spiritual leaves. When the spiritual leaves start dying, it is hard to produce the spiritual food the body
needs. Just like the trees. When the tree’s leaves start shriveling up, then the trunk, branches and roots begin to starve. So we need to grow those roots deep while things are going well. Don’t depend on the occasional spiritual “thunderstorm” to keep yourself going. Let the little things the Lord is doing in your life keep you going.
God bless!
Dr. G
Much of the terrain around here is either red clay or ridges of limestone or chert covered with a thin layer of soil. None o
f these provide conditions for growing deep roots. And if the trees can’t draw water from down deep at times like this, the leaves begin to shrivel and fall. Driving home from school today I noticed a number of trees that were showing bare branches higher up. We really need a good soaking rain so whatever roots the trees have can draw in the water.If the tree is able to send its roots down deep when water conditions are good, it is likely to withstand the stress of hot, dry days. That is sort of like our experience with faith.
When things are really going well for you or me, how much credit, thanks and praise do we give the Lord for the good times? I think it is important to recognize His role in provid
ing for us when we don’t have problems. It builds up faith that we can draw on when the times get rough. If we start taking the Lord for granted, our “faith” roots won’t/can’t draw from deep down to see us through when trials really come along.Don’t let the devil shrivel up your spiritual leaves. When the spiritual leaves start dying, it is hard to produce the spiritual food the body
needs. Just like the trees. When the tree’s leaves start shriveling up, then the trunk, branches and roots begin to starve. So we need to grow those roots deep while things are going well. Don’t depend on the occasional spiritual “thunderstorm” to keep yourself going. Let the little things the Lord is doing in your life keep you going.
God bless!
Dr. G
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