October 25 2015 May I have some more, Please?

Today’s reading was Act 25 & Jeremiah 17 & 18.

The Scripture that stood out to me today was Jeremiah 17:7-8, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Observation: First to understand this we need to know what it means to be “Blessed” Many people use their fleshly eyes when looking at blessings we are going to have wealth and prosperity and want for nothing, this I believe is a false teaching. I’m not saying that God will not provide and he wants us to be poor but in westerner society has morphed blessing into a prosperity teaching. As I see it the blessing that is being talked about is the fruit of the spirit, Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” This is where the rest of the scripture jumped out, planted by the water… does not fear the heat…does not cease to bear fruit.

Application: We need to be that tree planted by the stream and always producing fruit. To do so we need to look at what this stream is. This stream is God and his word we are to be planted in the word of God always, continually be in communication with him. Like the song by Steven Curtis Chapman Let us pray says; “Let us pray, let us pray, everywhere in every way. Every moment of the day, it is the right time. Let us pray without end and when we finish start again. Like breathing out and breathing in, let us pray.” We are to always be speaking and listening to God, The best way to get yourself in tune with God’s voice is to become familiar with is God’s voice by diving deep into his word daily. The more time you spend listening to God speak though his word the more you will be able to hear him in your daily life.

Prayer: Lord, Thank you for the promise of your blessings, the ones we have seen and the ones we have yet to see. We thank you for another day to worship and praise you and see more wonders that you have in store for us. Lord, help us to plant ourselves Near your stream of living water and help us to know your voice and respond to you.