House of Dreams Jeremiah 17:8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit. There is this mammoth oak tree in Geneva, Alabama, that sits on the banks where 2 rivers come together. It has been watered for 300 years by these rivers and has a massive root system in place. The rivers have flooded many times and have taken just about everything away – except this tree. The reason this tree is so strong is because the roots spread out as wide underground as the limbs do above ground. Friends, we need to be like this tree, digging deep, growing roots. Heres why. Satan has made war with God. What better way to get at God than through Gods children? Satan wants to derail us, and he does this by convincing us we need everything other than God (John 8:44 - He is the father of lies). Satan wants us out of the Word and focusing on ourselves. If he can cut off our communication with God, then we will start living off of gut feelings instead of the Word. We will make bad decisions because we will take God-given needs and try to fill them with the worlds answer (material things, accomplishments, talents), and when we do this life will start to fall apart. We will be trapped in our own worlds, away from God. The only way to have success in this battle is to have a solid foundation, and the only way to get that is to dig deeper. We have to know God. We have to get away from trying harder to be better or working harder to get richer, and we have to put away anything that steals our time from God. We must root ourselves in the Word (Proverbs 4:20-22 - Be attentive to my words....they are life to those who find them)so that we can stand on that solid foundation when Satan comes at our marriages, our families, and our walk with God. Teresa Fowler
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:03:20 +0000
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