Be deeply rooted

like a palm tree

" As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:  Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving."  

  Colossians 2: 6-7 KJV  

    God is amazing. I just can’t get over the care He took in creating everything. God designed the palm tree to prove a point. The palm tree is a deeply rooted tree that will withstand  100 mile wind forces, while other strong trees will topple over. That is how our Father in heaven wants us to be. We must be deeply rooted in His word.  Because if we are not then we can easily be led to temptation at even the first thought of an earthly desire. In Colossians 2: 6-7 KJV Paul says " As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:  Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." 

-Author: Alicia Gonzalez

LIVE LONG

like a

DATE-PALM

   The palm-tree figure is especially intriguing. In Scripture, the date palm, stately and beautiful is used as example. Its roots are extremely deep, which is why it can flourish in the desert, growing tall and living long. It is perhaps the most useful of all trees, because it produces dates, but also sugar, wine, syrup*, oil, resin, rope, thread, tannin, and dyestuff. Its seeds are fed to cattle and its leaves are used for roofs, fences, mats, and baskets. Its fruit gets sweeter as the tree grows older.  

    May God enable each of us to flourish like the palm tree—beautiful in the Lord, useful in His service, bearing good fruit to His glory, even into old age!  

-Author: Alicia Gonzalez