Rooted Roots

“It’s what’s below the surface that greatly determines what grows above the surface.”

Loren Thornburg

Being in Colorado where there are months of brown has shown me the importance of roots. Somehow in the midst of many harsh weathered months when the trees have looked dead, life still remained. Now, as green, white and pink begin to bud on those tress that looked so lifeless I can see that life remained beneath the surface. Trees hold life even when they are brown and so can we. Depending on what we are rooted in, we too can hold life in the midst of the storms and winter seasons that blow our way. We can hold life that grows again into something beautiful like colors on a tree. It’s all a matter of where we place our roots and where we are looking for life. If we are looking above the surface to our circumstances it will be hard to grow into more life again. However, if our roots go down deep, founded on truth, which is not dependent on circumstances, we are sure to find life that grows into more life again. Grow your roots deep where the real life lies.

“May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the Holy Spirit Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality. May Christ through your faith actually dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love.”

Ephesians 3:16-17 Amplified

Paul understood the importance of being rooted in the innermost depths of who we are with the truth of the love of Christ. He spoke here of an experiential knowing. That’s where the life lies. Rooted means to establish or cause something to be thoroughly grounded. We can be firmly established and thoroughly grounded in the real love of Christ in a way that dwells to the inmost part of our beings. That’s how we find Life when our lives don’t give us reason to. Look to Him for Life! Root down deep in His love! Ground yourself in His truth! Allow Him access to dwell in your heart! As Paul prayed these verses let us continue to do so that we would be “rooted deep in love and founded securely on love.”