Jaylon Johnson comment “This tree is standing after the sand beneath it was washed out….Why? Because its roots are so deep. It reminds me of what our relationship with Jesus should look like. When the storms wash up against us, we will still stand because we are firmly planted in CHRIST. Father help us to keep growing our roots deep in Your Word, Your Truth, and Your Love.”
This tree is a reminder that our role in life can always change. At one time the work of the roots of this tree was not clearly visible, the work was all below ground. Then came the time that everything changed. The roots became the visible and actual support for the tree. The roots had to do what they figured they could not do and were not called to do, until they could and they did.
Looking at our lives we see that we are continuously called to change. From childhood to adulthood we must be ready for change as God decides. God called Abraham to move from the home of his family and go to an unknown land and be the father of a great nation (Genesis 12:1-3). Esther was called from a life of relative ease as the Queen to a place of danger as she bravely stepped forward. (Esther 4:12-16) Gideon was a common person struggling to get by. He was hiding from thieves as he was threshing his wheat in a winepress so that no-one would steal it from Him. When God sent the Angel of the Lord to call Gideon to do great things in the name of the Lord He said to this man who lived in fear “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Gideon responded with a “Who me” story of his insignificance. Yet God called Him, He trusted God, and God did in fact use Him to dramatically rescue Israel. As God willed Gideon’s life was drastically changed. (Judges 6:12-16) Mary was an innocent child of God who was brought out of obscurity to give birth the Jesus, the Messiah. (Luke 1:26-38) Paul was a zealous persecutor of the church who after meeting Jesus changed to be the most used of Jesus’ Apostles. (Acts 9:1-9)
We must be willing and obedient and God will use us however and whenever. God used a simple American farm boy name Billy Graham to become one of the greatest evangelists of the twentieth century. Charles Haddon Spurgeon was nineteen years old when God changed him from a Sunday school teacher to one of the most prominent pastors whom some referred to as the “Prince of Pastors.” Born to a sharecropper Martin Luther King Jr. would become a civil rights lead who would change the world through Godly principles and peaceful protest, and who would win the Nobel Peace Prize. God chooses, God calls, God enables.
Family, our God created everything out of nothing. To God, all things are possible. Be we from a humble background, a criminal background, or a royal background, the Lord is able to use whomever He calls to do whatever He calls them to. That includes all of us. Yes, you and me. When God calls, just say yes and God will use us in things big and small. And truly, any time God uses us, it’s a big thing. Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, Oh man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.