Wickedness never brings stability,
but the godly have deep roots.
-Proverbs 12:3
My senior year of college, an F5 tornado hit the town. I remember helping with the clean up afterwards and seeing trees with massive roots pulled up out of the ground like toothpicks. I was in awe of the power that could uproot those trees.
Over and again in Scripture, we see the godly described as being rooted and strong, standing firm. Psalm 1 describes the righteous as being ‘like trees planted along a riverbank”. Ephesians describes the mature Christian as one “not blown about by the wind.”
As I read the above verse today, I wondered what my roots look like? How ‘bout yours? Are they deep and strong or are you uprooted with the slightest wind of opposition?
How do you strengthen your roots? I could answer that for you, but I think it’s worth thinking about. What do you think?