Daily Devotional | Joni and Friends
Sink Your Roots Deep
“But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
Matthew 13:23
Remember in elementary school when your teacher planted a bean in a plastic container? You could watch the little bean sprout, sink its roots, and then finally break through the dirt. The funny thing about that sprout was that its roots were deeper and more complex than its little green leaf. In fact, it was only able to grow upward because it grew downward at the same time. Growth in Christ takes place the same way.
But sometimes we make a show of Christlikeness without having an inner life that corresponds with it. And no Christian can ever hope to grow upward that way. Today’s Scripture reveals that “the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred… times what was sown.” Sink your roots deep into Christ, my friend, and you will keep growing upward.
Lord, I have learned through the years that this is the truly joyous part. Yes, it’s wonderful to bear fruit for you, as you intended all along. But I treasure the secret life even more than the visible one. I love sinking my roots deep into you, below the surface, in the quiet places, where no eye but yours can see
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